Characterization of recombinant plectasin: Solubility, antimicrobial activity and factors that affect its activity

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1050-1055

  Yang, Yalin ^a,b   Teng, Da ^a,b   Zhang, Jun ^a,b   Tian, Zigang ^a,b   Wang, Shaoran ^a,b   Wang, Jianhua ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cations; Disulfide bonds; Plectasin; Recombinant; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CATIONS; DISULFIDE BONDS; PLECTASIN; RECOMBINANT;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMATERIALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COVALENT BONDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCEROL; POSITIVE IONS; SOLUBILITY;

BACTERIA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79953206544     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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