Styelins, broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides from the solitary tunicate, Styela clava

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 515-521

  Lee, In Hee ^a   Cho, Yoon ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Hemocytes; Innate immunity; Styela clava; Styelins; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STYELIN A; STYELIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

EID: 0001505184     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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