Expression of cecropin B in Pichia pastoris and its bioactivity in vitro

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 655-660

  Wang, Xiuqing ^a   Zhu, Mingxing ^a   Yang, Guimao ^a   Su, Chunxia ^a   Zhang, Aijun ^a   Cao, Ruibing ^b   Chen, Puyan ^b  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antimicrobial assays; Cecropin B; Expression; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN B;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ELECTROPORATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79958075175     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2011.262     Document Type: Article

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