Expression and purification of the antimicrobial peptide cecropin AD by fusion with cationic elastin-like polypeptides

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-203

  Yang, Ke ^a   Su, Yujie ^a   Li, Junhua ^a   Sun, Jun ^a   Yang, Yanjun ^a  

^a JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Cationic elastin like polypeptides; Cecropin AD; Fusion expression

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; ELASTIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CECROPINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELASTIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84865792963     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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