Biological characterization of a novel mammalian antimicrobial peptide

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1425, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 361-368

  Gennaro, Renato ^a   Scocchi, Marco ^b,c   Merluzzi, Laura ^c   Zanetti, Margherita ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Lab Naz Consorzio I   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Helical peptide; Antimicrobial peptide; Cathelicidin; Cow; Membrane permeabilization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KINETICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN; TESTIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031725844     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(98)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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