Production of biologically active forms of recombinant hepcidin, the iron-regulatory hormone

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3793-3803

  Gagliardo, Bruno ^a   Faye, Audrey ^b,c   Jaouen, Maryse ^a   Deschemin, Jean Christophe ^b,c   Canonne Hergaux, François ^d   Vaulont, Sophie ^b,c   Sari, Marie Agnès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Escherichia coli expression; Ferroportin; Hepcidin; Iron homeostasis

Indexed keywords

FERROPORTIN; HEPCIDIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON REGULATORY HORMONE; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT HEPCIDIN; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; THIOREDOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORMONE ACTION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN RENATURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 47249126331     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06525.x     Document Type: Article

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