Engineering the Escherichia coli outer membrane protein OmpC for metal bioadsorption

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 623-629

  Cruz, Norberto ^a   Le Borgne, Sylvie ^a   Hernández Chávez, Georgina ^a   Gosset, Guillermo ^a   Valle, Fernando ^a   Bolivar, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Genetic engineering; Metal binding; OmpC; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034065029     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005637920766     Document Type: Article

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