De novo antimicrobial peptides with low mammalian cell toxicity

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 3107-3113

  Javadpour, Maryam M ^a   Juban, Martha M ^a   Lo, Wai Chun J ^a   Bishop, Steven M ^a   Alberty, J Brannon ^a   Cowell, Scott M ^a   Becker, Calvin L ^a,b   McLaughlin, Mark L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOTOXICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

3T3 CELLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL SURVIVAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MICE; MICELLES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029761653     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm9509410     Document Type: Article

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