Solution structure of termicin, an antimicrobial peptide from the termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 438-446

  Da Silva, Pedro ^a   Jouvensal, Laurence ^a   Lamberty, Mireille ^b   Bulet, Philippe ^b,c   Caille, Anita ^a   Vovelle, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c ATHERIS LABORATORIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; CS motif; Cysteine rich; Insect defensin; NMR; Termite

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DROSOMYCIN; PEPTIDE; TERMICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BLOOD CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CYSTEINE; DEFENSINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HEMOCYTES; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOPTERA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; PSEUDACANTHOTERMES SPINIGER;

EID: 0037372387     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0228303     Document Type: Article

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