Antimicrobial Activity of a Chelatable Poly(Arginyl-Histidine) Produced by the Ergot Fungus Verticillium kibiense

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 229-235

  Nishikawa, Masanobu ^a   Ogawa, Ken'ichi ^a  

^a Research Institute for Biological Science OKAYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; COPPER ION; FLUORESCEIN; FUNGAL RNA; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; POLY(ARGINYLHISTIDINE); POLYPEPTIDE; RNA 28S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SECRETION; CHEMICAL LABELING; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL BINDING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SALT TOLERANCE; SURFACE CHARGE; TANDEM REPEAT; VERTICILLIUM; VERTICILLIUM KIBIENSE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CHELATING AGENTS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; LIPOSOMES; METALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDES; SHEEP; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; VERTICILLIUM;

EID: 0346731295     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.1.229-235.2004     Document Type: Article

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