Solution structure of thanatin, a potent bactericidal and fungicidal insect peptide, determined from proton two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance data

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 404-410

  Mandard, Nicolas ^a   Sodano, Patrick ^a   Labbe, Henri ^a   Bonmatin, Jean Marc ^a   Bulet, Philippe ^b   Hetru, Charles ^b   Ptak, Marius ^a   Vovelle, Françoise ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Anti Gram negative site; Insect defence peptide; Molecular modelling; NMR; Podisus maculiventris

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BREVININ; DEFENSIN; DROSOMYCIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEGRIN; TACHYPLESIN; THANATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; INSECTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PODISUS MACULIVENTRIS;

EID: 0031696867     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2560404.x     Document Type: Article

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