Pore-forming properties and antibacterial activity of proteins extracted from epidermal mucus of fish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Ebran, Nathalie ^a   Julien, Sylviane ^a   Orange, Nicole ^b   Saglio, Philippe ^c   Lemaître, Christelle ^a   Molle, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bacteria; Detergent; Fish; Ion channels; Protein; Purification; Skin mucus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ION CHANNEL; MUCIN; PARDAXIN; PLEUROCIDIN; RANALEXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; EPIDERMIS; FISH; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAINBOW TROUT;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; FUNGI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0032956513     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10165-4     Document Type: Article

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