Characterization of a fish antimicrobial peptide: Gene expression, subcellular localization, and spectrum of activity

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2039-2045

  Cole, Alexander M ^a   Darouiche, Rabih O ^b   Legarda, Diana ^a   Connell, Nancy ^a   Diamond, Gill ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOSERINE; PLEUROCIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOUNDER; HOST RESISTANCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYCLOSERINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG SYNERGISM; FISH PROTEINS; FLOUNDER; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINE, SMALL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0033915249     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.8.2039-2045.2000     Document Type: Article

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