Mechanism of Action of Recombinant Acc-Royalisin from Royal Jelly of Asian Honeybee against Gram-Positive Bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Shen, Lirong ^a   Liu, Dandan ^a   Li, Meilu ^a   Jin, Feng ^a   Din, Meihui ^a   Parnell, Laurence D ^b   Lai, Chao Qiang ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NISIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN RACC; PROTEIN ROYALISIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ROYAL JELLY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DISRUPTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL STRAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HONEYBEE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84867321602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047194     Document Type: Article

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