The molecular design of a recombinant antimicrobial peptide CP and its in vitro activity

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-100

  Niu, Mingfu ^a,c   Li, Xiang ^b   Wei, Jianchao ^c   Cao, Ruibing ^c   Zhou, Bin ^c   Chen, Puyan ^c  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XINXIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

A synthetic antimicrobial peptide cp gene; Antibacterial activity; Expression; Pichia pastoris X 33; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; MF ALPHA PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PICHIA; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; SECRETION;

ACIDS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DRUG DESIGN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEAT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PICHIA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES; PICHIA PASTORIS; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 36248983128     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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