A coupling process for improving purity of bacterial minicells by holin/lysin

作者:Park So Youn; Lee Jin Young; Chang Woo Suk; Choy Hyon E; Kim Geun Joong*
来源:Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2011, 86(1): 108-110.
DOI:10.1016/j.mimet.2011.04.003

摘要

Drug and gene delivery systems using bacterial minicells have attracted much attention. Here we attempted to enhance the yield and purity of the minicells using a novel method in which autolysin induced in actively metabolizing parent cells led to autolysis. A two-step protocol coupling an autolysin (holin/lysin) step with a conventional centrifugation step achieved a purity of the minicells similar to that resulting from successive six- or seven-step methods.

  • 出版日期2011-7