Synthesis and secretory expression of hybrid antimicrobial peptide CecA-mag and its mutants in Pichia pastoris

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-317

  Wang, Xiuqing ^a   Zhu, Mingxing ^a   Zhang, Aijun ^a   Yang, Fengqin ^a   Chen, Puyan ^b  

^a NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacteriostatic activity; Hybrid antimicrobial peptide CecA mag; Pichia pastoris secretary expression

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL OXIDASE; AMINO ACID; CECROPIN A; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSTASIS; CODON; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MAGAININS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PICHIA PASTORIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84863369257     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ebm.2011.011153     Document Type: Article

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