Biological activities of C-terminal 15-residue synthetic fragment of melittin: Design of an analog with improved antibacterial activity

FEBS Letters

Volumn 448, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-66

  Subbalakshmi, C ^a   Nagaraj, R ^a   Sitaram, N ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Analog with improved activity; Antibacterial activity; C terminal synthetic peptide; Folding; Hemolytic activity; Melittin

Indexed keywords

MELITTIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BEES; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; MELITTEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; RATS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

APOIDEA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0033057716     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00328-2     Document Type: Article

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