New caerin antibacterial peptides from the skin glands of the Australian tree frog Litoria xonthomera

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-185

  Steinborner, Simon T ^a   Waugh, Russell J ^a   Bowie, John H ^a   Wallace, John C ^a   Tyler, Michael J ^a   Ramsay, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Caerins 1; Glandular secretion; Litoria xanthomera; Skin glands

Indexed keywords

ANURA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA; LITORIA GILLENI; LITORIA SPLENDIDA; LITORIA XANTHOMERA;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CAERIN 1.6 PROTEIN, LITORIA; CAERIN 1.7 PROTEIN, LITORIA; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FROGS AND TOADS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SECRETION; SKIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT;

EID: 0031132748     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1387(199705)3:3<181::AID-PSC97>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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