Membrane permeabilization induced by discodermin A, a novel marine bioactive peptide

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 259-264

  Sato, Koichi ^a   Horibe, Kikuko ^b   Amano, Ken Ichi ^b   Mitusi Saito, Minori ^b   Hori, Masatoshi ^b   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a   Fusetani, Nobuhiro ^a   Ozaki, Hiroshi ^b   Karaki, Hideaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Grad Sch Agric Life Sci U   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCEIN; CALCIUM ION; DISCODERMIN A; ETHIDIUM HOMODIMER 1; FLUORESCENT DYE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCODERMIA KIIENSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME RELEASE; HYDROPHOBICITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPONGE (PORIFERA); VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

DISCODERMIA KIIENSIS;

EID: 0034598663     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00123-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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