Expression of truncated tobacco osmotin in Escherichia coli: Purification and antifungal activity

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 539-543

  Tzou, Ywh Min ^a   Huang, Tung Shi ^a   Huggins, Kevin W ^a   Chin, Bryan A ^b   Simonne, Amarat H ^c   Singh, Narendra K ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti yeast activity; Antifungal activity; Osmotin; Recombinant tobacco osmotin

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CELLULOSE; COBALT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALS; PURIFICATION; UREA; YEAST;

ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; OSMOTIN; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; PICHIA METHANOLICA; RECOMBINANT TOBACCO OSMOTIN;

TOBACCO;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MAMMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PICHIA; PICHIA METHANOLICA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 79951769442     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0453-z     Document Type: Article

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