Role of α-helical conformation of histatin-5 in candidacidal activity examined by proline variants

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1475, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 377-382

  Situ, Hongsa ^a   Balasubramanian, Sathyamangalam V ^a   Bobek, Libuse A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Circular dichroism; Conformation; Histatin; Proline variant; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HISTATIN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SALIVARY PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 0034718112     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(00)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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