Oncorhyncin III: A potent antimicrobial peptide derived from the non-histone chromosomal protein H6 of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 373, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 621-628

  Fernandes, Jorge M O ^a   Saint, Nathalie ^b   Kemp, Graham D ^a   Smith, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Histone; Mucosal immunity; Oncorhyncin III; Teleost; Trout

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHROMOSOMES; IONIZATION; LASER APPLICATIONS;

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES;

PROTEINS;

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HISTONE; ION CHANNEL; LYSOZYME; ONCORHYNCIN III; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; FISH; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID BILAYER; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAINBOW TROUT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; ERYTHROCYTES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID BILAYERS; METHYLATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0041364483     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030259     Document Type: Article

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