Antimicrobial activity in the skin of the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus: Characterization of broad-spectrum histone-like antimicrobial proteins

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 467-475

  Robinette, D ^a   Wada, S ^a,b   Arroll, T ^a,c   Levy, M G ^a   Miller, W L ^a   Noga, E J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial proteins; Catfish; Histones; Non specific immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HISTONE H2B; PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATFISH; FISH; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AEROMONAS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FISH DISEASES; HISTONES; ICTALURIDAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOMYCETES; PROTEINS; SKIN;

EID: 0031838588     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050175     Document Type: Article

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