Expression in Escherichia coli and purification of bioactive antibacterial peptide ABP-CM4 from the Chinese silk worm, Bombyx mori

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1031-1036

  Li, Bao Cun ^a   Zhang, Shuang Quan ^a   Dan, Wen Bing ^a   Chen, Yu Qing ^a   Cao, Peng ^b  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Province Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide CM4; Esherichia coli; Formic acid; Fusion expression; Purification

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; BIOACTIVITY; CHELATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMIC ACID; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PURIFICATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDE CM4; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUSION EXPRESSION; GIBBERELLA SAUBINETII;

PEPTIDES;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SILKWORM; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BOMBYX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOMBYX MORI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIBBERELLA; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM;

EID: 34249002818     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9351-4     Document Type: Article

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