Antibacterial properties of dermaseptin S4 derivatives with in vivo activity

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 689-694

  Navon Venezia, Shiri ^a   Feder, Rina ^a   Gaidukov, Leonid ^a   Carmeli, Yehuda ^a   Mor, Amram ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ALANYLLEUCYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTHREONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLLYSYLVALYLLEUCYLLYSYLAL ANINAMIDE; ALANYLLEUCYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTHREONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLLYSYLVALYLLEUCYLLYSYLAL ANYLALANYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; ALANYLLEUCYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLTHREONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLLYSYLVALYLLEUCYLLYSYLAL ANYLALANYLALANYLLYSYLALANYLALANYLLEUCYLLYSYLALANYLVALYLLEUCYLVALYLGLYCYLALANYLAS PARAGYLALANINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DERMASEPTIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEUTROPENIA; PEPTIDES; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036174437     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.3.689-694.2002     Document Type: Article

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