Identification and characterization of an antibacterial peptide of the 26-kDa protease of Sarcophaga peregrina with antibacterial activity

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 313-318

  Tsuji, Yumiko ^a   Aoyama, Tomohisa ^a   Takeuchi, Koh ^a   Homma, Ko Ichi ^a   Takahashi, Hideo ^a   Nakajima, Yuki ^b   Shimada, Ichio ^a   Natori, Shunji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphiphilic helix; Antibacterial peptide; Bacterial membrane; Insect; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INSECT PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECTA; PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGA PEREGRINA; SARCOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0034872799     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a002988     Document Type: Article

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