High level expression of His-tagged colicin pore-forming domains and reflections on the sites for pore formation in the inner membrane

Biochimie

Volumn 84, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 477-483

  Fridd, Susan L ^a   Gökce, Isa ^b   Lakey, Jeremy H ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adhesion site; Colicin; Histidine tag; Immunity; Pore forming; Tol proteins

Indexed keywords

COLICIN; COLICIN A; COLICIN N; HISTIDINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN IMMUNITY PROTEINS;

CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLICINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 1842843188     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(02)01418-9     Document Type: Review

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