Pseudin-2: An antimicrobial peptide with low hemolytic activity from the skin of the paradoxical frog

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 288, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1001-1005

  Olson, Loyd ^a   Soto, Ana Maria ^a   Knoop, Floyd C ^b   Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Amphipathic helix; Antimicrobial peptide; Pseudidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE; PSEUDIN 1; PSEUDIN 2; PSEUDIN 3; PSEUDIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GERM CELL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PSEUDIDAE; PSEUDIS PARADOXA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035834573     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5884     Document Type: Article

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