Activities of temporin family peptides against the chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) associated with global amphibian declines

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1157-1160

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a,h   Carey, Cynthia ^b   Conlon, J Michael ^c   Reinert, Laura K ^a   Doersam, Jennifer K ^a   Bergman, Tomas ^d   Silberring, Jerzy ^e   Lankinen, Hilkka ^f   Wade, David ^f,g  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

I4G10 PEPTIDE; I4S10 PEPTIDE; RANATEURIN 6; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TEMPORIN 1P; TEMPORIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASP VENOM;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPHIBIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENCY; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WASP;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MYCOSES; POPULATION; PROTEINS; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 0037417069     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.3.1157-1160.2003     Document Type: Article

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