Phylloxin, a novel peptide antibiotic of the dermaseptin family of antimicrobial/opioid peptide precursors

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 370-378

  Pierre, Thierry N ^a   Seon, Aurélia A ^a   Amiche, Mohamed ^a   Nicolas, Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Dermaseptins; Dermorphin; Frog skin; Xenopsin precursor fragment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DERMASEPTIN; DERMORPHIN; OPIATE AGONIST; PEPTIDE; PHYLLOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FROG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; PHYLLOMEDUSINAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033979845     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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