Solution structure of the antimicrobial peptide ranalexin and a study of its interaction which perdeuterated dodecylphosphocholine micelles

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 221-228

  Vignal, Emmanuel ^a   Chavanieu, Alain ^b   Roch, Philippe ^c   Chiche, Laurent ^a   Grassy, Gérard ^a   Calas, Bernard ^b   Aumelas, André ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Helix; Antimicrobial; Micella; NMR; Ranalexin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; RANALEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYSTEINE; DEUTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICELLES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RANA CATESBEIANA; SKIN; SOLUTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RANA CATESBEIANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032053609     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530221.x     Document Type: Article

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