Synthesis and characterization of bactericidal oligopeptides designed on the basis of an insect anti-bacterial peptide

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-33

  Saido Sakanaka, Hisako ^a   Ishibashi, Jun ^a   Sagisaka, Aki ^a   Momotani, Eiichi ^b   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allomyrina dichotoma; Cytotoxic activity; Defensin analogues; Membrane permeabilization; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; AMINO ACID; DEFENSIN; GLUCOSE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; FIBROBLAST; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INSECT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEETLES; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOTOXINS; DEFENSINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RABBITS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ALLOMYRINA DICHOTOMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033557958     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3380029     Document Type: Article

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