Molecular analysis of an outer membrane protein, MopB, of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) and structural comparisons with proteins of the OmpA family

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 173, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 346-351

  Fjellbirkeland, Anne ^a   Bemanian, Vahid ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^b   Murrell, J Colin ^b   Jensen, Harald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methanotroph; Methylococcus capsulatus; OmpA protein; OprF protein; Outer membrane protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MOPB PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, BACTERIAL; METHANE; METHYLOCOCCUS CAPSULATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0034047830     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000151     Document Type: Article

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