Peptides with antimicrobial activity from four different families isolated from the skins of the North American frogs Rana luteiventris, Rana berlandieri and Rana pipiens

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 894-900

  Goraya, Jadvinder ^a   Wang, Yuqi ^a   Li, Zhihong ^a   O'Flaherty, Martina ^a   Knoop, Floyd C ^a   Platz, James E ^b   Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Antimicrobial; Brevinin; Esculentin; Ranatuerin; Temporin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE; RANALEXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FROG; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RANA PIPIENS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; POSIBACTERIA; RANA BERLANDIERI; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; RANA PIPIENS; RANA POROSA BREVIPODA; RANA PRETIOSA; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033973411     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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