From pro defensins to defensins: Synthesis and characterization of human neutrophil pro α-defensin-1 and its mature domain

Journal of Peptide Research

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Wu, Z ^a   Prahl, A ^b   Powell, R ^a   Ericksen, B ^a   Lubkowski, J ^a,b   Lu, W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide protein; Defensin; Disulfide mapping; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Native chemical ligation; Pro defensin; Solid phase peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYANOGEN BROMIDE; CYSTEINE; HUMAN NEUTROPHIL PRO ALPHA DEFENSIN 1; METHIONINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; DISULFIDES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

FUNGI;

EID: 0038345623     PISSN: 1397002X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3011.2003.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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