The solution structure of gomesin, an antimicrobial cysteine-rich peptide from the spider

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1190-1198

  Mandard, Nicolas ^a   Bulet, Philippe ^b   Caille, Anita ^a   Daffre, Sirlei ^c   Vovelle, Françoise ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

sheet; Antimicrobial peptide; Cysteine rich; NMR; Spider

Indexed keywords

ANDROCTONIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; GOMISIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEGRIN; PROTEGRIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CYSTINE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; SCORPIONES; SUIDAE;

EID: 0036178451     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2002.02760.x     Document Type: Article

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