An atypical member of the brevinin-1 family of antimicrobial peptides isolated from the skin of the European frog Rana dalmatina

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-196

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Seidel, Bernhard ^b   Nielsen, Per F ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Brevinin 1; Frog skin; HPLC purification; Temporin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ISOLEUCYLLEUCYLPROLYLLEUCYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLLYSYLVALYLVALYLCYSTEINYLALANYL ISOLEUCYLTHREONYLLYSYLLYSYLCYSTEINE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACTION; FROG; GENE DELETION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IC 50; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; RANA DALMATINA; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 1642351416     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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