Identification and characterization of the novel LysM domain-containing surface protein Sep from Lactobacillus fermentum BR11 and its use as a peptide fusion partner in Lactobacillus and Lactococcus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3673-3680

  Turner, Mark S ^a   Hafner, Louise M ^a   Walsh, Terry ^a   Giffard, Philip M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATES; CLONING; GENES; PROTEINS;

GENE ENCODING; PROTEIN EXPRESSIONS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPITOPE; HISTIDINE; LYSYLMETHIONINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN BSPA; PROTEIN SEP; TYROSYLGLYCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPERNATANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADHERINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VECTORS;

EID: 2942584912     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3673-3680.2004     Document Type: Article

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