Antifungal activity of a recombinant defensin CADEF1 produced by Escherichia coli

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1911-1918

  Li, Dahui ^a   Li, Jianzhong ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Bacterial expression; Defensin; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL EXPRESSION; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CODING SEQUENCES; DEFENSIN; DEFENSINS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPRESSION LEVELS; EXPRESSION VECTORS; FULL-LENGTH CDNA; FUNGAL PATHOGEN; IN-VITRO ASSAYS; INCLUSION BODIES; NATIVE FORMS; PROTEIN REFOLDING; SDS-PAGE; TOTAL PROTEIN; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGRICULTURE; AMINES; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PURIFICATION;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPSICUM ANNUUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 70350376167     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-0089-0     Document Type: Article

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