Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the North American green frog Rana clamitans

Peptides

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-476

  Halverson, Thomas ^a   Basir, Yousef J ^a   Knoop, Floyd C ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Ranalexin; Ranatuerin; Temporin

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACITRACIN; BREVININ; ESCULENTIN; PEPTIDE; RANALEXIN; RANALEXIN 1CA; RANALEXIN 1CB; RANATUERIN; RANATUERIN 1C; RANATUERIN 2CA; RANATUERIN 2CB; TEMPORIN; TEMPORIN 1CA; TEMPORIN 1CB; TEMPORIN 1CC; TEMPORIN 1CD; TEMPORIN 1CE; TISSUE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FROG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEINS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034018231     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(00)00178-9     Document Type: Article

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