Defensins: a family of antimicrobial and cytotoxic peptides

Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 1-3, 1994, Pages 131-149

  Kagan, Bruce L ^a   Ganz, Tomas ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Cytotoxic; Leukocyte; Peptide; Pore forming

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHANNEL GATING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; DEFENSINS; HUMAN; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0028331319     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(94)90158-9     Document Type: Article

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