Creating hybrid proteins by insertion of exogenous peptides into permissive sites of a class A β-lactamase

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 5150-5160

  Ruth, Nadia ^a   Quinting, Birgit ^a,d   Mainil, Jacques ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^b   Frère, Jean Marie ^a   Huygen, Kris ^c   Galleni, Moreno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d CER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Class A lactamase TEM 1; Hybrid protein; Insertion; STa enterotoxin; V3 loop

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE TEM 1; ENTEROTOXIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 120; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; ENTEROTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; VACCINES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS;

EID: 52449127994     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06646.x     Document Type: Article

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