Recombinant DNA procedures for producing small antimicrobial cationic peptides in bacteria

Gene

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 7-13

  Piers, Kevin L ^a   Brown, Melissa H ^a   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cecropin; Defensin; expression; fusion protein; inclusion bodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TECHNIQUE;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INSECT HORMONES; MELITTEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORINS; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0027445909     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90168-3     Document Type: Article

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