Activity of antimicrobial skin peptides from ranid frogs against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the chytrid fungus associated with global amphibian declines

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 471-479

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a   Carey, Cynthia ^b   Longcore, Joyce ^c   Doersam, Jennifer K ^a   Boutte, Angela ^a   Bruzgal, Judsen E ^b   Conlon, J Michael ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Batrachochytrium; Brevinin; Chytrid; Esculentin; Ranalexin; Ranatuerin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BREVININ 2OB; ESCULENTIN 1A; ESCULENTIN 2L; ESCULENTIN 2P; PALUSTRIN 3A; PEPTIDE; RANALEXIN; RANATUERIN 1; RANATUERIN 2LA; RANATUERIN 2P; TEMPORIN 1OB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CENTRAL AMERICA; COLD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; EUROPE; FROG; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; KERATINIZATION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SKIN; SKIN EPITHELIUM; TEMPERATURE; ZOOSPORE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANIDAE;

EID: 0036193198     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(01)00088-X     Document Type: Article

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