High-level expression of a soluble functional antimicrobial peptide, human β-defensin 2, in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology Progress

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 382-386

  Xu, Zhinan ^a   Peng, Li ^a,c   Zhong, Zhixia ^a   Fang, Xiangming ^b   Cen, Peilin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULES; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEINS; SALT REMOVAL; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CATIONIC EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEMONSTRATIVE MOLECULE; TARGET FUSION PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; DEFB4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646059875     PISSN: 87567938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bp0502680     Document Type: Article

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