N-terminal fatty acid substitution increases the leishmanicidal activity of CA(1-7)M(2-9), a cecropin-melittin hybrid peptide

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2441-2449

  Chicharro, C ^a   Granata, C ^a   Lozano, R ^a   Andreu, D ^a   Rivas, L ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CECROPIN; FATTY ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; LYSINE; MELITTIN; NUCLEIC ACID; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ACYLATION; AMASTIGOTE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DRUG ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ACYLATION; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; FATTY ACIDS; LEISHMANIA; MELITTEN; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0034862968     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.9.2441-2449.2001     Document Type: Article

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