Cloning and expression of fomA, the major outer-membrane protein gene from Fusobacterium nucleatum T18

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-24

  Kinder Haake, Susan ^a   Wang, Xiurong ^a  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

fomA; FomA; Fusobacterium nucleatum; Outer membrane protein; Porin

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1, FUSOBACTERIUM; PORIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLONING VECTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HEAT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PORINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM;

EID: 0342710378     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(96)00105-7     Document Type: Article

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