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. 1989 Nov;171(11):6357–6362. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.11.6357-6362.1989

Cloning and expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellin in Escherichia coli.

K Kelly-Wintenberg 1, T C Montie 1
PMCID: PMC210512  PMID: 2509434

Abstract

The flagellin gene was isolated from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 genomic bank by conjugation into a PA103 Fla- strain. Flagellin DNA was transferred from motile recipient PA103 Fla+ cells by transformation into Escherichia coli. We show that transformed E. coli expresses flagellin protein. Export of flagellin to the E. coli cell surface was suggested by positive colony blots of unlysed cells and by isolation of flagellin protein from E. coli supernatants.

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