Ranatuerin 1T: An antimicrobial peptide isolated from the skin of the frog, Rana temporaria

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-163

  Goraya, Jadvinder ^a   Knoop, Floyd C ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti microbial peptide; Brevenin; Esculetin; Gaegurin; Ranalexin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BREVININ DERIVATIVE; ESCULETIN DERIVATIVE; GAEGURIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RANALEXIN; RANATEURIN DERIVATIVE; RANATUERIN 1T; RUGOSIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032773651     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00174-0     Document Type: Article

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