Multimeric expression of the antimicrobial peptide buforin II in Escherichia coli by fusion to a cysteine-rich acidic peptide

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-310

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

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

^b Samyang Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUFORIN II; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSION GENE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

BUFO BUFO; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032768714     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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