Characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from the skins of frogs of the Rana esculenta complex

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 955-961

  Ali, Mohamed F ^a   Knoop, Floyd C ^a   Vaudry, Hubert ^b   Conlon, J Michael ^c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; HPLC purification; Rana esculenta; Rana lessonae; Rana ridibunda

Indexed keywords

BREVININ; BREVININ 2EI; BREVININ 2EJ; BREVININ 2EK; ESCULENTIN; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREPROCAERULEIN; PREPROLEVITIDE; PREPROXENOPSIN; TEMPORIN 1EC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXON; FEMALE; FROG; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SKIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; RANA RIDIBUNDA; RANIDAE;

EID: 0141853115     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(03)00193-1     Document Type: Article

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