Construction and expression of functional multi-domain polypeptides in Escherichia coli: Expression of the Neurospora crassa metallothionein gene

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-166

  Mauro, J M ^a   Pazirandeh, M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENES; HEAVY METALS; OLIGOMERS; PEPTIDES;

BACTERIAL CELLS; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEINS; METAL UPTAKE; METALLOTHIONEINS; MULTI-DOMAINS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PERIPLASM; PLASMID CODING; TANDEM REPEATS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; METALLOTHIONEIN; OLIGOMER; PLASMID DNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE TARGETING; METAL BINDING; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0034054551     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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