Optimization of the cell wall microenvironment allows increased production of recombinant Bacillus anthracis protective antigen from B. subtilis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 227-234

  Thwaite, J E ^a   Baillie, L W J ^a   Carter, N M ^a   Stephenson, K ^a   Rees, M ^a   Harwood, C R ^a   Emmerson, P T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; PROTEINS;

RECOMBINANT ANTHRAX PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN (RPA);

CELLS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; DEXTRO ALANINE; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT ANTHRAX PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ALANINE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; MUTATION; OPERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036135303     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.1.227-234.2002     Document Type: Article

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