Antifungal and antibacterial functions of medicinal leech recombinant destabilase-lysozyme and its heated-up derivative

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 203-209

  Yudina, T G ^a   Guo, Danyang ^a   Piskunkova, N F ^a   Pavlova, I B ^a   Zavalova, L L ^b   Baskova, I P ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

antifungal activity; antimicrobial activity; heated up derivative of rec.Dest Lys (T rec.Dest Lys); medicinal leech; recombinant destabilase lysozyme (rec.Dest Lys)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861761493     PISSN: 20950179     EISSN: 20950187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11705-012-1277-2     Document Type: Article

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