Efficient production of human β-Defensin 2 (HBD2) in escherichia coli

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 668-676

  Vargues, Thomas ^a   Morrison, Gareth J ^a   Seo, Emily S ^a   Clarke, David J ^a   Fielder, Helen L ^a   Bennani, Julien ^a   Pathania, Uday ^b   Kilanowski, Fiona ^b   Dorin, Julia R ^b   Govan, John R W ^c   Mackay, C Logan ^a   Uhrín, Dušan ^a   Campopiano, Dominic J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Chemotaxis; Defensin; E. coli; HBD2; Peptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; CCR6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR6; DEFB4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOTAXIS; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL LINE; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECEPTORS, CCR6; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67650155237     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609788490122     Document Type: Article

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