Expression of an antimicrobial peptide magainin by a promoter inversion system

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-41

  Lee, Jae Hyun ^a   Hong, Seung Suh ^b   Kim, Sun Chang ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Samyang Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Escherichia coli; Expression; Promoter inversion vector

Indexed keywords

ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; MAGAININ 1; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031961330     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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