Characterisation of antibacterial activity of peptides isolated from the venom of the spider Cupiennius salei (Araneae: Ctenidae)

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 373-380

  Haeberli, Stefanie ^a   Kuhn Nentwig, Lucia ^a   Schaller, Johann ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Bactericidal activity; Cupiennius salei; Spider venom

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; SPIDER VENOMS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; INSECTA;

EID: 0033991623     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00167-1     Document Type: Article

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