Recombinant production of cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptides in Escherichia coli using an inducible autocleaving enzyme tag

New Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-358

  Wright, Oliver ^a,b   Yoshimi, Tatsuya ^a,b   Tunnacliffe, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPATHIC; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; C-TERMINUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHELICIDIN; CYSTEINE PROTEASE; E. COLI; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; IMMOBILIZED METAL AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INOSITOL HEXAKISPHOSPHATE; NATURAL WORLD; PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RAPID CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURE/FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROORGANISMS; PEPTIDES; PURIFICATION; SUGARS;

POLYPEPTIDES;

CATHELICIDIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; HEXAHISTIDINE; PHYTIC ACID; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMOBILIZED METAL AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYTIC ACID; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84856397942     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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