Antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of Chinese red belly toad Bombina maxima

Peptides

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 427-435

  Lai, Ren ^a   Zheng, Yong Tang ^a   Shen, Ji Hong ^a   Liu, Guan Jie ^a   Liu, Hen ^a   Lee, Wen Hui ^a   Tang, Shao Zhong ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial; Bombina maxima; cDNA; HIV; Maximin; Peptide; Sequence

Indexed keywords

BOMBININ LIKE PEPTIDE 1; BOMBININ LIKE PEPTIDE 2; BOMBININ LIKE PEPTIDE 3; BOMBININ LIKE PEPTIDE 4; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MAXIMIN 1; MAXIMIN 2; MAXIMIN 3; MAXIMIN 4; MAXIMIN 5; MAXIMIN H1; MAXIMIN H2; MAXIMIN H3; MAXIMIN H4; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IC 50; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN SECRETION; SPERMATOZOON; TOAD; TUMOR CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN; SPERMATOZOA; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA; BOMBINA MAXIMA;

EID: 0036166552     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(01)00641-6     Document Type: Article

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