Bactericidal activity of mammalian cathelicidin-derived peptides

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2748-2755

  Travis, Sue M ^a   Anderson, Norma N ^a   Forsyth, William R ^a   Espiritu, Cesar ^b   Conway, Barbara D ^a   Greenberg, E P ^a   McCray Jr , Paul B ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^b   Welsh, Michael J ^a   Tack, Brian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAMMAL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MAMMALS; MICE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBITS; RATS; SHEEP; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034098916     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.2748-2755.2000     Document Type: Article

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