Antimicrobial peptides from the Brazilian frog Phyllomedusa distincta

Peptides

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 679-686

  Batista, C V F ^a,b   Rosendo Da Silva, L ^a   Sebben, A ^a   Scaloni, A ^c   Ferrara, L ^c   Paiva, G R ^d   Olamendi Portugal, T ^b   Possani, L D ^b   Bloch Jr , C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian peptides; Antimicrobial activity; Phyllomedusa distincta; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHYLLOMEDUSA DISTINCTA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032812985     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(99)00050-9     Document Type: Article

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