Expression systems of human β-defensins: Vectors, purification and biological activities

Amino Acids

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Corrales Garcia, L L ^a   Possani, L D ^a   Corzo, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Bacteria; Defensin; Heterologous expression; Peptide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VECTOR; BETA DEFENSIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACULOVIRUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIROPHAGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 78751582328     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0493-7     Document Type: Review

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