Ocellatins: New antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretion of the South American frog Leptodactylus ocellatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Protein Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 501-508

  Nascimento, Anna Christina C ^a   Zanotta, Lanuse C ^a   Kyaw, Cynthia M ^a   Schwartz, Elisabeth N F ^a   Schwartz, Carlos A ^a   Sebben, Antonio ^a   Sousa, Marcelo V ^a   Fontes, Wagner ^a   Castro, Mariana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptides; Hemolysis; Leptodactylus ocellatus; Ocellatins; Skin secretion

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BREVININ 2ED; OCELLATIN 1; OCELLATIN 2; OCELLATIN 3; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; HEMOLYSIS; LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN SECRETION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 16844381460     PISSN: 15723887     EISSN: 18758355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10930-004-7877-z     Document Type: Article

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