Production of biologically active Bacillus anthracis edema factor in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1651-1659

  Cooksey, Bridget A ^a   Sampey, Gavin C ^a   Pierre, Jennifer L ^a   Zhang, Xiaozhen ^a   Karwoski, Jeffrey D ^a   Choi, Gil H ^a   Laird, Michael W ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BACTERIA; CELLS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CYTOSOL; EDEMA FACTOR (EF); LETHAL FACTOR (LF); SPORE-FORMING BACTERIA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; EDEMA FACTOR, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CHO CELL; CRICETULUS; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HAMSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ANTHRAX; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 10044272072     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp049725n     Document Type: Article

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