Dermcidin: A novel human antibiotic peptide secreted by sweat glands

Nature Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1133-1137

  Schittek, Birgit ^a   Hipfel, Rainer ^a   Sauer, Birgit ^a   Bauer, Jürgen ^a   Kalbacher, Hubert ^a   Stevanovic, Stefan ^a   Schirle, Markus ^a   Schroeder, Kristina ^a   Blin, Nikolaus ^a   Meier, Friedegund ^a   Rassner, Gernot ^a   Garbe, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMCIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN FLORA; SKIN SURFACE; SWEAT; SWEAT GLAND;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; SWEAT; SWEAT GLANDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035198723     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni732     Document Type: Article

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