Structural and functional properties of chicken lysozyme fused serine-rich heptapeptides at the C-terminus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1273-1278

  Xu, Xiaohua ^a   Kashima, Orie ^a   Saito, Akira ^a   Azakami, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Akio ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lysozyme; Phosphorylation; Pichia pastoris; Serine rich heptapeptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHICKENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURAMIDASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SERINE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; VECTORS;

EID: 4544343545     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1273     Document Type: Article

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