A colorimetric assay for rapid screening of antimicrobial peptides
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The search for new sources of antimicrobial substances is motivated by the increased resistance of various bacteria to available antibiotic drugs. The intrinsic defense mechanisms of most organisms are fostered by the presence of short antiobiotic peptides (10-30 residues).
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 2000
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Fine-tuning an engineered intein
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Scientists from Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, describe the strategy in the mutation of an intein, proteins that are found in the genes of other proteins, to be used in the purification of proteins.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 1999
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Pumping iron
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Researchers described the plant genes and proteins responsible for obtaining iron from the environment.
Publication Name: Nature Biotechnology
Subject: Business
ISSN: 1087-0156
Year: 1999
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