Expression of foreign antigens on the surface of Escherichia coli by fusion to the outer membrane protein traT

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-70

  Chang, Hsin Hou ^a   Sheu, Shih Yi ^a   Lo, Szecheng J ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial display; Hepatitis B virus pre S1 antigen; Outer membrane protein; Rhodostomin; TraT lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DNA FRAGMENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0344096509     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02256425     Document Type: Article

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