High-throughput Sorting of an Anticalin Library via EspP-mediated Functional Display on the Escherichia coli Cell Surface

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 783-802

  Binder, Uli ^a   Matschiner, Gabriele ^b   Theobald, Ina ^a   Skerra, Arne ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Pieris Pharmaceuticals GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autotransporter; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Lipocalin; Protein display; Protein engineering

Indexed keywords

AIDA I ADHESIN; ANTICALIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; ESTERASE ESTA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A PROTEASE; LIPOCALIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YPJA ENZYME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENETIC STABILITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77954384173     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.05.049     Document Type: Article

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