Hadrurin, A new antimicrobial peptide from the venom of the scorpion Hadrurus aztecus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 5023-5031

  Torres Larios, Alfredo ^a   Gurrola, Georgina B ^a   Zamudio, Fernando Z ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Hadrurin; Hemolysis; Scorpion venom; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HADRURIN; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEXICO; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0033883406     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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