A folding variant of α-lactalbumin with bactericidal activity against Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 589-600

  Håkansson, Anders ^a   Svensson, Malin ^a   Mossberg, Ann Kristin ^a   Sabharwal, Hemant ^a,d   Linse, Sara ^b   Lazou, Irene ^a,e   Lönnerdal, Bo ^c   Svanborg, Catharina ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LACTALBUMIN; CASEIN; FATTY ACID;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033950960     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01728.x     Document Type: Article

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