Bacterial Expression of Tenecin 3, an Insect Antifungal Protein Isolated from Tenebrio molitor, and Its Efficient Purification

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 786-789

  Kim, Dae Hee ^a   Lee, Young Tae ^a   Lee, Young Jae ^a   Chung, Jae Hoon ^a   Lee, Bok Luel ^b   Choi, Byong Seok ^a   Lee, Younghoon ^a  

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

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Insect Antifungal Protein; Recombinant Protein; Tenebrio molitor; Tenecin 3

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; TENECIN 3 PROTEIN, TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; TENEBRIO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INSECT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TENEBRIO;

EID: 0032585345     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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