Construction and synthesis of lactoferricin derivatives with enhanced antibacterial activity

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 32-45

  Rekdal, Øystein ^a   Andersen, Jill ^b   Vorland, Lars H ^b   Svendsen, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Lactoferricin; QSAR; Sequence modification

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032924742     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1387(199901)5:1<32::AID-PSC172>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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