iss024e014714 (9/15/2010) --- A view of a Bioecology Case containing a stowed BTKh-27 ASTROVAKTSINA (Astrovaccine) payload aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Cultivating Escheria coli Producer of CAF1 Protein in Weightlessness (Astrovaktsina) studies the effect of spaceflight factors on the processes of biosynthesis, secretion, capsule formation, and the biological properties of the E. coli producer of the genetically engineered CAF1 antigen protein of Yersinia pestis during its exposure to microgravity.
Date September 15, 2010