Purification and characterization of antimicrobial and vasorelaxant peptides from skin extracts and skin secretions of the North American pig frog Rana grylio

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Kim, Joseph B ^a   Halverson, Thomas ^a   Basir, Yousef J ^a   Dulka, Joseph ^b   Knoop, Floyd C ^a   Abel, Peter W ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Antimicrobial peptides; Temporin; Vasorelaxant peptides

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; RANALEXIN 1G; RANATUERIN 2G; RANATUERIN AGA; TEMPORIN 1GB; TEMPORIN 1GC; TEMPORIN 1GD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PEPTIDES; RANIDAE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE EXTRACTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034733959     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(00)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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