Construction of a non toxic chimeric protein (L1-L2-B) of Haemolysin BL from Bacillus cereus and its application in HBL toxin detection

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 472-477

  Kumar, T D Kalyan ^a   Murali, H S ^a   Batra, H V ^a  

^a DEFENCE FOOD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Chimeric protein; Cloning; Haemolysin BL; PCR; Western Blot

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN BL; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; MUS;

EID: 55149105663     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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