Recent advances in the research and development of human defensins

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 931-940

  Chen, Haiqin ^a   Xu, Zhinan ^a   Peng, Li ^a,d   Fang, Xiangming ^b   Yin, Xiufei ^c   Xu, Naizheng ^c   Cen, Peilin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Zhejiang Yangshengtang Natural Medicines Institute   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Genetic engineering; Human defensin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; BETA-DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 33645393209     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.08.018     Document Type: Review

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