Expression studies on antimicrobial protein, human beta defensin 25 fused with GST

• Main Author: Er, Clarice Ru Hui
• Other Authors: Susanna Leong Su Jan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/16392
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Human β-Defensin 25 (HBD-25) is a novel cationic antimicrobial peptide found in high abundance in male genital tract. The broad spectra of the antimicrobial activity of HBD against microbes make it a potential therapeutic agent in treatment against increasing antibiotic resistance in humans towards...