Cationic amphipathic peptides, derived from bovine and human lactoferrins, with antimicrobial activity against oral pathogens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-222

  Groenink, Jasper ^a   Walgreen Weterings, Els ^a   Van 'T Hof, Wim ^a   Veerman, Enno C I ^a   Nieuw Amerongen, Arie V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Lactoferrin; Oral bacterium

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; PEPTIDE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOUTH; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032821714     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00414-0     Document Type: Article

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