Secretion and activity of antimicrobial peptide cecropin D expressed in Pichia pastoris

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1063-1068

  Guo, Chunhe ^a   Huang, Yumao ^a   Zheng, Hongyu ^a   Tang, Liyun ^a   He, Jun ^a   Xiang, Linsheng ^a   Liu, Dehui ^a   Jiang, Houquan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antimicrobial peptide cecropin D; Pichia pastoris

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CECROPIN D; MATING HORMONE ALPHA FACTOR; RECOMBINANT CECROPIN D; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ELECTROPORATION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FED BATCH CULTURE; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 84867265844     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.719     Document Type: Article

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