Purification and characterization of novel antifungal peptide, mouse beta defensin-1, in Escherichia coli

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 917-920

  Wang, Yueling ^a   Jiang, Yan ^a   Yang, De ^b   Li, Wanyi ^a   Gong, Tianxiang ^a   Feng, Yan ^a   Jiang, Zhonghua ^a   Li, Mingyuan ^a,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Functional expression; Fusion protein; Mouse beta defensin 1; Purification

Indexed keywords

ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATIONIC PEPTIDES; E. COLI; FUNCTIONAL EXPRESSION; FUSION PROTEIN; MOUSE BETA DEFENSIN-1; TOTAL SOLUBLE PROTEINS; VOLUMETRIC PRODUCTIVITIES;

AMINES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

PURIFICATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 64449085799     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-9956-y     Document Type: Article

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