Structure of genes for dermaseptins B, antimicrobial peptides from frog skin. Exon 1-encoded prepropeptide is conserved in genes for peptides of highly different structures and activities

FEBS Letters

Volumn 414, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-32

  Vouille, Véronique ^a   Amiche, Mohamed ^a   Nicolas, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Dermaseptin; Frog skin; Gene structure; Opioid peptide

Indexed keywords

DERMASEPTIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXON; FROG; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SKIN; SKIN SECRETION; STOP CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; PHYLLOMEDUSA BICOLOR;

EID: 0030799465     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00972-1     Document Type: Article

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