A synthetic peptide adhesion epitope as a novel antimicrobial agent

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-47

  Kelly, Charles G ^a   Younson, Justine S ^a   Hikmat, Ban Y ^a   Todryk, Stephen M ^a   Czisch, Michael ^d   Haris, Parvez I ^c   Flindall, Ian R ^a   Newby, Craig ^b   Mallet, Anthony I ^b   Ma, Julian K C ^a   Lehner, Thomas ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adhesion epitope; Antimicrobial peptide; Bacterial adhesin; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; PEPTIDE;

ACTINOMYCES; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ACTINOMYCES; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032928301     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/5213     Document Type: Article

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