Cloning, expression, purification and ligand binding studies of novel fibrinogen-binding protein FbsB of Streptococcus agalactiae

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-155

  Devi, Aribam Swarmistha ^a   Ponnuraj, Karthe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Adhesin; Bovine fibrinogen; FbsB; GBS infection; MSCRAMMs; Streptococcus agalactiae

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; FBSB PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; FIBRINOGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FIBRINOGEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 77957751226     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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