The role of tryptophan in the antibacterial activity of a 15-residue bovine lactoferricin peptide

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 190-196

  Haug, Bengt Erik ^a   Svendsen, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Lactoferricin; Tryptophan; Unnatural aromatic amino acids

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINO ACID; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; INDOLE; LACTOFERRICIN; LACTOFERRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; IRON TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOFERRIN; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035014876     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.318     Document Type: Article

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