Ponericins, New Antibacterial and Insecticidal Peptides from the Venom of the Ant Pachycondyla goeldii

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 276, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 17823-17829

  Orivel, Jérôme ^a   Redeker, Virginie ^b   Le Caer, Jean Pierre ^b   Krier, François ^c   Revol Junelles, Anne Marie ^c   Longeon, Arlette ^d   Chaffotte, Alain ^e   Dejean, Alain ^f   Rossier, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b Brain Plasticity Unit   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL MEMBRANES; INSECTICIDES; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS;

MICROBIAL PATHOGENS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ANT VENOM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN; DERMASEPTIN; GAEGURIN; INSECTICIDE; MELITTIN; PONERICIN; PONERICIN G; PONERICIN L; PONERICIN W; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FORMICIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PACHYCONDYLA; PACHYCONDYLA GOELDII; PONERINAE; POSIBACTERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTICIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0035947726     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M100216200     Document Type: Article

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