Functional mapping of amino acid residues responsible for the antibacterial action of apidaecin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4652-4655

  Taguchi, Seiichi ^a   Ozaki, Akiyoshi ^a   Nakagawa, Koichi ^a   Momose, Haruo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APIDAECIN; ARGININE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APIS MELLIFERA;

EID: 0029958587     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4652-4655.1996     Document Type: Article

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