Direct expression of antimicrobial peptides in an intact form by a translationally coupled two-cistron expression system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3980-3986

  Su, A Jang ^a   Bong, Hyun Sung ^a   Ju, Hyun Cho ^b   Sun, Chang Kim ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CATION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; CATIONIC ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; COEXPRESSED; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; ENZYMATIC CLEAVAGE; EXPRESSION SYSTEM; INCLUSION BODIES; INSOLUBLE COMPLEXES; MASS PRODUCTION; PEXIGANAN; PROKARYOTIC EXPRESSION SYSTEM; PROTEOLYTIC DEGRADATION;

AMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; PEPTIDES; POLYPEPTIDES;

DYES;

BUFORIN IIB; GAMMA INTERFERON; PARASIN I; PEXIGANAN ACETATE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN MIFC1; PROTEIN MIFC2; PROTEIN MIFC3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; ION EXCHANGE; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CISTRON; CODON; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CODON, INITIATOR; CODON, TERMINATOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67149086754     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02753-08     Document Type: Article

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