Development of PLEX, a plasmid-based expression system for production of heterologous gene products by the gram-positive bacteria Streptococcus gordonii

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 319-326

  Warren, Travis K ^a,b   Lund, S Amanda ^a   Jones, Kevin F ^a,b   Hruby, Dennis E ^a,b  

^a SIGA Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gram positive; Group A Streptococcus; M protein; PLEX; Protein expression; Protein secretion; SPEX; Streptococcus gordonii; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844288381     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.10.019     Document Type: Article

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