Killing of Fusobacterium nucleatum, Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia by protegrins

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Miyasaki, Kenneth T ^a   Iofel, Rina ^a   Oren, Ami ^b   Huynh, Thuc ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^b  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic periodontal bacteria; Bactericidal; Peptide antibiotics; Protegrin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN P1 LI; CECROPIN P1-LI; CLAVANIN A; CYCLOPEPTIDE; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN 1; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MAGAININ 2 PEPTIDE, XENOPUS; PEPTIDE; PEXIGANAN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEGRIN PG 1; PROTEGRIN PG 2; PROTEGRIN PG 3; PROTEGRIN PG 5; PROTEGRIN PG-1; PROTEGRIN PG-2; PROTEGRIN PG-3; PROTEGRIN PG-5; PROTEIN; TACHYPLESIN PEPTIDE, TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; SWINE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEFENSINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PROTEINS; SWINE; TOXICITY TESTS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0031993724     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1998.tb02297.x     Document Type: Article

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