Production of a defensin-like antifungal protein NFAP from Neosartorya fischeri in Pichia pastoris and its antifungal activity against filamentous fungal isolates from human infections

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-84

  Virágh, Máté ^a   Vörös, Dóra ^a   Kele, Zoltán ^b   Kovács, Laura ^a   Fizil, Ádám ^c   Lakatos, Gergely ^d   Maróti, Gergely ^d   Batta, Gyula ^c   Vágvölgyi, Csaba ^a   Galgóczy, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Ascomycetes; Clinical fungal isolates; Neosartorya fischeri antifungal protein; Pichia pastoris; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI NRRL 181; PICHIA PASTORIS; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEFENSIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FUNGAL ISOLATES; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOSARTORYA; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN; PATHOGENICITY; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; ZYGOMYCETES;

ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ASCOMYCETES; CLINICAL FUNGAL ISOLATES; NEOSARTORYA FISCHERI ANTIFUNGAL PROTEIN; PICHIA PASTORIS; ZYGOMYCETES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEFENSINS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HUMANS; NEOSARTORYA; PICHIA;

EID: 84890417273     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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