Expression and purification of the mannose recognition domain of the FimH adhesin

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-151

  Schembri, Mark A ^a   Hasman, Henrik ^a   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

FimH; Mannose binding domain; Type 1 fimbria

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; HISTIDINE; MANNOSE; RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034662494     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00228-7     Document Type: Article

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