Acidic peptide-mediated expression of the antimicrobial peptide buforin II as tandem repeats in Escherichia coli

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-60

  Lee, Jae H ^a   Minn, Il ^a   Park, Chan B ^a   Kim, Sun C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Acidic peptide; Antimicrobial peptide; Escherichia coli; Expression; Tandem multimer

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC PEPTIDE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BUFORIN II; CYSTEINE; MASS PRODUCTION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEUTRALIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; RESIDUE;

BUFO BUFO; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032006495     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0814     Document Type: Article

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