Expression and purification of the recombinant enteropathogenic Escherichia coli vaccine candidates BfpA and EspB

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-22

  Flores, Victor Martin Quintana ^a   Campos de Souza Fernandes, Regina Célia ^b   De Macedo, Zila Sousa ^a   Medina Acosta, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Estadual Ferreira Machado   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036931127     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.2001.1604     Document Type: Article

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