A melittin-related peptide from the skin of the Japanese frog, Rana tagoi, with antimicrobial and cytolytic properties

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 306, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 496-500

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Sonnevend, Agnes ^a   Patel, Mahendra ^a   Camasamudram, Vijayayasarathy ^a   Nowotny, Norbert ^a,b   Zilahi, Erika ^a   Iwamuro, Shawichi ^c   Nielsen, Per F ^d   Pál, Tibor ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antiviral; Cytolytic; Frog skin; Hemolytic; Melittin; Temporin

Indexed keywords

ALANYLISOLEUCYLGLYCYLSERYLISOLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLALANYLLEUCYLALANYLLYSYLGLYCY LLEUCYLPROLYLTHREONYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLSERYLTRYPTOPHYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLASPARAGINYLARGI NINAMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BEE VENOM; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; MELITTIN; PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLSERYLGLYCYLIS OLEUCYLLEUCINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HONEYBEE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANURA; APIS FLOREA; APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOREA; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS SP.; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RANA TAGOI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038546578     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00999-9     Document Type: Article

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