Structural analysis of human β-defensin-1 and its significance in urinary tract infection

Nephron

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  Hiratsuka, Takeaki ^a   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a   Ihi, Toshihiko ^a   Minematsu, Toshio ^a   Chino, Naoyoshi ^b   Nakanishi, Toyofumi ^c   Shimizu, Akira ^c   Kangawa, Kenji ^d   Matsukura, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Peptide Institute Inc   (Japan)

^c OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Human defensin 1; Pyelonephritis; Radioimmunoassay; Sequence determination

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN 1; DEFENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0034097087     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045627     Document Type: Article

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