Productive folding of human neutrophil α-defensins in vitro without the pro-peptide

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2402-2403

  Wu, Zhibin ^a   Powell, Robert ^a   Lu, Wuyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; DISULFIDE; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SOLVENT; THIOL; UREA;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLUBILIZATION; STREPTOMYCES;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0037420319     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0294257     Document Type: Article

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