| Literature DB >> 15933037 |
Cheng Du1, Wing C Chan, Timothy W McKeithan, Kenneth W Nickerson.
Abstract
The insecticidal protoxin from Bacillus thuringiensis has been shown to be a major component of the spore coat. We have developed a novel surface display system using B. thuringiensis spores in which the N-terminal portion of the protoxin is replaced with a heterologous protein. The expression vector with a sporulation-specific promoter was successfully used to display green fluorescent protein and a single-chain antibody (scFv) gene that encodes anti-4-ethoxymethylene-2-phenyl-2-oxazolin-5-one (anti-phOx) antibody. The spores that carry the anti-phOx antibody can bind to phOx specifically.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15933037 PMCID: PMC1151829 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.6.3337-3341.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792