Host defense functions of proteolytically processed and parent (unprocessed) cathelicidins of rabbit granulocytes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 569-576

  Zarember, Kol A ^a   Katz, Seth S ^a   Tack, Brian F ^a   Doukhan, Laurence ^a   Weiss, Jerrold ^a   Elsbach, Peter ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; PROTEIN CAP18P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRANULOCYTE; HOST RESISTANCE; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RABBITS;

EID: 0036149798     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.2.569-576.2002     Document Type: Article

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