Antimicrobial peptides from ranid frogs: Taxonomic and phylogenetic markers and a potential source of new therapeutic agents

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1696, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-14

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^b   Nowotny, Norbert ^a,b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Drug development; Phylogeny; Rana; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BREVININ 1; BREVININ 2; ESCULENTIN 1; ESCULENTIN 2; JAPONICIN 1; JAPONICIN 2; MELITTIN; NIGROCIN 1; NIGROCIN 2; PALUSTRIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RANALEXIN; RANATUERIN 1; RANATUERIN 2; TEMPORIN 1; TIGERININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASIA; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EUROPE; FROG; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ANURA; RANIDAE;

EID: 1242306544     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2003.09.004     Document Type: Review

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