A two-plasmid Escherichia coli system for expression of Dr adhesins

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 361-367

  Kur, Marta ^a   Piatek, Rafał ^a   Kur, Józef ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chaperone; Escherichia coli; Expression; Fimbriae; Usher

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548421075     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.04.015     Document Type: Article

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