Soluble expression and purification of a crab antimicrobial peptide scygonadin in different expression plasmids and analysis of its antimicrobial activity

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Peng, Hui ^a   Yang, Ming ^a   Huang, Wen Shu ^a,b   Ding, Jian ^a   Qu, Hai Dong ^a   Cai, Jing Jing ^a   Zhang, Nai ^a   Wang, Ke Jian ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Recombinant expression; Scygonadin; Scylla serrata

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BRACHYURA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SCYLLA SERRATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 75349087610     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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