Helix Stability Confers Salt Resistance upon Helical Antimicrobial Peptides

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 279, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 13896-13901

  Park, In Yup ^a   Cho, Ju Hyun ^a   Kim, Key Sun ^b   Kim, Yun Bae ^c   Kim, Mi Sun ^d   Kim, Sun Chang ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CELL MEMBRANES; MICROORGANISMS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

DERMIS; EPIDERMIS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FASCIITIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALT TOLERANCE; SKIN NECROSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DRUG DESIGN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SALTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 1842639632     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M311418200     Document Type: Article

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