Protective effects of synthetic antibacterial oligopeptides based on the insect defensins on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in mice

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-477

  Saido Sakanaka, Hisako ^a   Ishibashi, Jun ^a   Momotani, Eiichi ^b   Yamakawa, Minoru ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Chemical synthesis; Insect defensin; MRSA; TNF

Indexed keywords

ALANYLLEUCYLTYROSYLLEUCYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLARGINYLARGININAMIDE; ALANYLLEUCYLTYROSYLLEUCYLALANYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLLYSYLARGININAMIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; DEFENSIN; INSECT PROTEIN; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; OLIGOPEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 13544272735     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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