Novel antimicrobial peptides derived from flatfish genes

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2464-2470

  Patrzykat, Aleksander ^a   Gallant, Jeffrey W ^a   Seo, Jung Kil ^a   Pytyck, Jennifer ^a   Douglas, Susan E ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCYLTRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLYSYLLYSYLALANYLGLUTAMYLVALYLLYS YLTHREONYLVALYLGLYCYLLYSYLLEUCYLALANYLLEUCYLLYSYLHISTIDYLTYROSYLLEUCINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FLATFISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATIONS; FLATFISHES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0041767532     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.8.2464-2470.2003     Document Type: Article

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