Antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin: What do they tell us?

Biopolymers

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 435-450

  Simmaco, Maurizio ^a   Mignogna, Giuseppina ^b   Barra, Donatella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Antimicrobial peprides; Innate immunity

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; FROG; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN SECRETION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBINA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032444189     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0282(1998)47:6<435::AID-BIP3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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