Structure-function relationship of antibacterial synthetic peptides homologous to a helical surface region on human lactoferrin against Escherichia coli serotype O111

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2434-2440

  Chapple, Daniel S ^a,b,c   Mason, David J ^c   Joannou, Christopher L ^a   Odell, Edward W ^b   Gant, Vanya ^c   Evans, Robert W ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIS(1,3 DIBUTYLBARBITURIC ACID)TRIMETHINE OXONOL; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; HUMAN LACTOFERRIN PEPTIDE 1; HUMAN LACTOFERRIN PEPTIDE 2; HUMAN LACTOFERRIN PEPTIDE 6; HUMAN LACTOFERRIN PEPTIDE 7; LACTOFERRIN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KLEBSIELLA; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031839843     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.6.2434-2440.1998     Document Type: Article

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