Investigating the effect of N-terminal methionine addition, hydrophobic interaction enhancement and loop modification in modifying immunomodulatory and cancer-inhibitory activities of FIP-fve mutants

FIP-fve is an immunomodulatory protein isolated from edible enokitake mushroom Flammulina velutipes and grouped under fungal immunomodulatory proteins (FIPs) family. FIPs are well documented for their immunomodulation, anti-allergy and anti-tumour activities. Herein, this study is motivated by a lac...

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Main Author: Chan, Won Ting
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56878/