Anti-microbial peptides: From invertebrates to vertebrates

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 198, Issue , 2004, Pages 169-184

  Bulet, Philippe ^a   Stöcklin, Reto ^a   Menin, Laure ^a  

^a ATHERIS LABORATORIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; CATHELICIDIN; CATION; CECROPIN; CECROPIN A; CLAVANIN A; CUPIENNIN 1; CYCLOPEPTIDE; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; HISTIDINE; INDOLICIDIN; MAGAININ 1; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; MISGURIN; MORONECIDIN; ONCHORHYNCIN II; OXYOPININ 1; PANERICIN G1; PARASIN I; PARDAXIN P 1; PLEUROCIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE; PROTEGRIN; SPINIGERIN; STYELIN D; TEMPORIN A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BETA SHEET; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY; HEMOLYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 1642545489     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-2896.2004.0124.x     Document Type: Review

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