Construction and expression of sTRAIL-melittin combining enhanced anticancer activity with antibacterial activity in Escherichia coli

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2877-2884

  Liu, Hongyan ^a   Han, Yangyang ^a   Fu, Haiyan ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Chen, Xiaonan ^a   Zhang, Shuangquan ^a   Chen, Yuqing ^a  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Escherichia coli; Melittin; sTRAIL; SUMO

Indexed keywords

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDES; ANTICANCER; MELITTIN; SMALL UBIQUITIN-RELATED MODIFIERS; STRAIL; SUMO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGANDS;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; BACTERIA; CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TUMORS;

PEPTIDES;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; MELITTIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STRAIL MELITTIN FUSION PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; CANCER; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGAND; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; TOXICITY; TUMOR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APIS MELLIFERA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL STRAIN; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PURIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH CURVE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LEUKEMIA CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MELITTEN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876672301     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4541-y     Document Type: Article

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