Soluble fusion expression and characterization of human beta-defensin 3 using a novel approach

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1126-1132

  Dong, Jing ^a   Yu, Heguo ^b   Zhang, Yonglian ^b   Diao, Hua ^b   Lin, Donghai ^a,c,d  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Expression; Human defensin3; Intein; Purification

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 3; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-DEFENSINS; BIOMIMETICS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SALTS; SOLUBILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80053025922     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986611797201020     Document Type: Article

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