Antimicrobial peptides: Synthesis and antibacterial activity of linear and cyclic drosocin and apidaecin 1b analogues

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 4494-4504

  Gobbo, Marina ^a   Biondi, Laura ^a   Filira, Fernando ^a   Gennaro, Renato ^b   Benincasa, Monica ^b   Scolaro, Barbara ^b   Rocchi, Raniero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; APIDAECIN 1B DERIVATIVE; APIDAECIN DERIVATIVE; DROSOCIN; DROSOCIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; INSECT PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0037179619     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm020861d     Document Type: Article

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