Functional characterisation of the 1-18 fragment of esculentin-1b, an antimicrobial peptide from Rana esculenta

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1771-1777

  Mangoni, M Luisa ^a   Fiocco, Daniela ^a   Mignogna, Giuseppina ^a   Barra, Donatella ^a   Simmaco, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Antimicrobial peptide; Esculentin; Innate immunity; Rana esculenta

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCULENTIN 1; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FROG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA NICOTIANAE; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 1042290508     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.07.029     Document Type: Article

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