Cloning and periplasmic expression of peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (PAL) protein of Legionella pneumophila in Escherichia coli

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Gholipour, Abolfazl ^a   Moosavian, Mojtaba ^a   Galehdari, Hamid ^b   Makvandi, Manoochehr ^a   Memari, Hamid Rajabi ^b   Alvandi, Amirhoushang ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Expression; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires' disease; Peptidoglycan associated lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN ASSOCIATED LIPOPROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

EID: 77953388978     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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