Chemical synthesis of β-defensins and LEAP-1/hepcidin

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 241-248

  Klüver, Enno ^a   Schulz, A ^a   Forssmann, W G ^a   Adermann, K ^a  

^a IPF PHARMACEUTICALS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

defensin; Antimicrobial peptides; Disulfide bond; Hepcidin; LEAP 1; Solid phase synthesis

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; HEPCIDIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; DISULFIDE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISULFIDES; HUMAN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEINS; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0036001488     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2002.00980.x     Document Type: Article

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