Structure-activity analysis of buforin II, a histone H2A-derived antimicrobial peptide: The proline hinge is responsible for the cell-penetrating ability of buforin II

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 97, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 8245-8250

  Park, Chan Bae ^a   Yi, Kwan Su ^b   Matsuzaki, Katsumi ^c   Kim, Mi Sun ^d   Kim, Sun Chang ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BUFORIN II; HISTONE H2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DRUG PENETRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HISTONES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0001439249     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.150518097     Document Type: Article

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