Solution structure of protegrin-1, a broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide from porcine leukocytes

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 543-550

  Fahrner, Richard L ^a   Dieckmann, Thorsten ^a   Harwig, Sylvia S L ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^a   Eisenberg, David ^a   Feigon, Juli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic; antiviral; leukocytes; protegrin; two dimensional NMR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030198873     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(96)90145-3     Document Type: Article

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