The goal of this project was to clone and express the antimicrobial peptide protegrin 1 (PG-1). Initially a yeast system was chosen but was discarded due to technical difficulties. Invitrogen's bacterial T7 expression system was chosen next to express the peptide. PG-1 expression was verified by anti-his immunoblot and then the peptide was purified by IMAC. Its activity was verified using a Bacillus subtillis radial diffusion assay.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:wpi.edu/oai:digitalcommons.wpi.edu:etd-theses-1426 |
| Date | 28 April 2003 |
| Creators | Borrelli, Alexander P |
| Contributors | Joseph C. Bagshaw, Advisor, Jill Rulfs, Committee Member, David S. Adams, Committee Member |
| Publisher | Digital WPI |
| Source Sets | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Masters Theses (All Theses, All Years) |
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