Tryptophan-rich antimicrobial peptides: Comparative properties and membrane interactions

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 667-677

  Schibli, David J ^a   Epand, Raquel F ^b   Vogel, Hans J ^a   Epand, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Fluorescence; Indolicidin; Lactoferricin B; Membrane; Quenching; Spin label; Tritrpticin; Vesicle

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

PEPTIDES;

PROTEINS;

8 AMINONAPHTHALENE 1,3,6 TRISULFONIC ACID 4 XYLENE BISPYRIDINIUM BROMIDE; ACRYLAMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INDOLICIDIN; LACTOFERRICIN B; LACTOFERRICIN B[4-9]; LIPOSOME; N BROMOSUCCINIMIDE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITROXIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRITRPTICIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DRUG PENETRATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; KINETICS; LACTOFERRIN; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0346034649     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o02-147     Document Type: Article

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