Functional mapping against Escherichia coli for the broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide, thanatin, based on an in vivo monitoring assay system

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 745-754

  Taguchi, Seiichi ^a,b   Kuwasako, Kanako ^a   Suenaga, Atsushi ^b   Okada, Miyuki ^a   Momose, Haruo ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Molecular dynamics simulation; NMR solution structure; PCR random mutagenesis; Structure function relationship; Thanatin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; THANATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0033661762     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022811     Document Type: Article

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