Enlarged scale chemical synthesis and range of activity of drosocin, an O-glycosylated antibacterial peptide of Drosophila

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-69

  Bulet, Philippe ^a   Urge, Laszlo ^b   Ohresser, Serge ^a   Hetru, Charles ^a   Otvos Jr , Laszlo ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Circular dichroism; Glycopeptide synthesis; Insect

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DROSOCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029929079     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0064q.x     Document Type: Article

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