Surface expression, single-channel analysis and membrane topology of recombinant Chlamydia trachomatis Major Outer Membrane Protein

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Findlay, Heather E ^a,b   McClafferty, Heather ^a   Ashley, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PORINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 15444362347     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-5     Document Type: Article

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