Antibacterial activity of bactenecin 5 fragments and their interaction with phospholipid membranes

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 297-304

  Tokunaga, Yoko ^a   Niidome, Takuro ^a   Hatakeyama, Tomomitsu ^a   Aoyagi, Haruhiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bactenecin 5; Circular dichroism; Membrane perturbation; Pro Arg rich peptide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTENECIN; ISOLEUCINE; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGININE; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034936068     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.317     Document Type: Article

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