A comparison between the recombinant expression and chemical synthesis of a short cysteine-rich insecticidal spider peptide

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Clement, Herlinda ^a   Flores, Vianey ^a   Diego Garcia, Elia ^a   Corrales Garcia, Ligia ^b   Villegas, Elba ^c   Corzo, Gerardo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Chemical synthesis; Cysteine rich peptides; Insecticidal peptides; Protein expression; Theraphosid spider

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BA1 PEPTIDE; CYSTEINE RICH SPIDER NEUROTOXIN; INSECTICIDE; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; NEUROTOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BRACHYPELMA ALBICEPS; CELL INCLUSION; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SPIDER;

EID: 84988697087     PISSN: 16789180     EISSN: 16789199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40409-015-0018-7     Document Type: Article

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