Molecular strategies in biological evolution of antimicrobial peptides

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1669-1680

  Nicolas, Pierre ^a   Vanhoye, Damien ^a   Amiche, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Dermaseptins; Frog skin; Gene family; Hypermutation; Pol V; Polypeptide precursor; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DERMASEPTIN; DNA POLYMERASE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE; PREPRODERMASEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN; VEGETATION;

ANURA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYLIDAE; RANIDAE;

EID: 1042290515     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.08.017     Document Type: Article

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