Maculatin 1.1, an anti-microbial peptide from the Australian tree frog, Litoria genimaculata. Solution structure and biological activity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1894-1908

  Chia, Brian C S ^a   Carver, John A ^a,b   Mulhern, Terrence D ^b   Bowie, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipathic helix; Anti microbial peptide; NMR spectroscopy; Solution structure

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; MICELLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BUFONIDAE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYLIDAE; LITORIA; LITORIA GENIMACULATA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034109713     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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