Salt-resistant alpha-helical cationic antimicrobial peptides

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1542-1548

  Friedrich, Carol ^a   Scott, Monisha G ^a   Karunaratne, Nedra ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CECROPIN B; CECROPIN BEE MELLITIN HYBRID PROTEIN; CP 26; CP 29; HYBRID PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; MAGNESIUM ION; MELITTIN; PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEE EXTRACT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032803549     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.7.1542     Document Type: Article

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