Spore surface display

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Isticato, Rachele ^a   Ricca, Ezio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CELL SURFACE DISPLAY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ADSORPTION; ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL SURFACE DISPLAY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84927787905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TBS-0011-2012     Document Type: Article

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