Amino acid sequence and antimicrobial activity of chitin-binding peptides, Pp-AMP 1 and Pp-AMP 2, from Japanese bamboo shoots (Phyllostachys pubescens)

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 642-645

  Fujimura, Masatoshi ^a   Ideguchi, Mineo ^a   Minami, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Keiichi ^b   Tadera, Kenjiro ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide (AMP); Chitin binding peptide; Phyllostachys pubescens; Plant defensin; Thionin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHITIN; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHITIN AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHITIN-BINDING PEPTIDES; TOXINS;

POLYPEPTIDES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITIN; PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POACEAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHITIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PHYLLOSTACHYS EDULIS; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 17844378510     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.642     Document Type: Article

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