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SUBMITTER: Herve-Grepinet V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2944589 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hervé-Grépinet Virginie V Réhault-Godbert Sophie S Labas Valérie V Magallon Thierry T Derache Chrystelle C Lavergne Marion M Gautron Joël J Lalmanach Anne-Christine AC Nys Yves Y
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20100712 10
Natural antimicrobial peptides are present in different compartments (eggshell, egg white, and vitelline membranes) of the hen egg and are expected to be involved in the protection of the embryo during its development and to contribute to the production of pathogen-free eggs. In the present study, we used vitelline membranes from hen (Gallus gallus) eggs as a source of avian β-defensin 11 (AvBD11). A purification scheme using affinity chromatography and reverse-phase chromatography was developed ...[more]