Antimicrobial dendrimeric peptides

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 923-932

  Tam, James P ^a   Lu, Yi An ^a   Yang, Jin Long ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrimeric peptide; Peptide antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLLEUCYLTYROSYLARGININE; ARGINYLLEUCYLTYROSYLARGINYLLYSYLVALYLTYROSYLGLYCINE; DENDRIMER; MONOMER; OCTAPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEGRIN; TACHYPLESIN; TETRAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHYMOTRYPSIN; DRUG DESIGN; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRYPSIN;

FUNGI;

EID: 0036183822     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02728.x     Document Type: Article

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