Conformation-dependent antibacterial activity of the naturally occurring human peptide LL-37

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 273, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3718-3724

  Johansson, Jan ^a   Gudmundsson, Gudmundur H ^b   Rottenberg, Martín E ^b   Berndt, Kurt D ^a   Agerberth, Birgitta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SWINE;

EID: 0032488904     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.6.3718     Document Type: Article

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