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Production of cholera toxin subunit B by a mutant strain of Vibrio cholerae.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Jul 1990
van de Walle M, Fass R, Shiloach J
Abstract excerpt
The B subunit (CTB) of cholera toxin (CT) can be used as a carrier protein for conjugate vaccines designed to elicit antipolysaccharide antibodies. A defined medium, AGM4, was designed to grow a high-producing mutant of Vibrio cholerae expressing only the B subunit of CT: V. cholerae 0395-NI. AGM4 contains four amino acids, asparagine, glutamic acid, arginine and serine, salts and a trace element solution. The...
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