Intracellular expression of peptide fusions for demonstration of protein essentiality in bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2875-2881

  Benson, R Edward ^a   Gottlin, Elizabeth B ^a   Christensen, Dale J ^a   Hamilton, Paul T ^a  

^a Karo Bio USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPID A;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; DRUG TARGETING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0041922662     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.9.2875-2881.2003     Document Type: Article

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