Antimicrobial peptide defenses of the Tarahumara frog, Rana tarahumarae

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 361-367

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a   Reinert, Laura K ^a   Miera, Verma ^b   Conlon, J Michael ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Brevinin; Chytrid; Frog skin; Rana tarahumarae; Ranatuerin

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; PEPTIDE BREVININ 1; PEPTIDE BREVININ 1TRA; PEPTIDE BREVININ 1TRB; PEPTIDE BREVININ 1TRC; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE RANATUERIN 2; PEPTIDE RANATUERIN 2TRA; PEPTIDE RANATUERIN 2TRB; PEPTIDE RANATUERIN 2TRC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; FUNGUS GROWTH; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEOMICS; SKIN SECRETION; ZOOSPORE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; RANIDAE; SKIN;

ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; RANA TARAHUMARAE;

EID: 0036399528     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02217-9     Document Type: Article

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