Antibacterial and antifungal properties of α-helical, cationic peptides in the venom of scorpions from southern Africa

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 4799-4810

  Moerman, Leentje ^a   Bosteels, Suzanne ^a   Noppe, Wim ^a   Willems, Jean ^a   Clynen, Elke ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a   Thevissen, Karin ^a   Tytgat, Jan ^a   Van Eldere, Johan ^b   Van Der Walt, Jurg ^c   Verdonck, Fons ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Amphipathic peptide; Antifungal agent; Antimicrobial peptide; Cytotoxic peptide; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MASTOPARAN; MELITTIN; OPISTOPORIN 1; OPISTOPORIN 2; PARABUTOPORIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SPECIFICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MELITTEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WASP VENOMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; OPISTOPHTHALMUS; OPISTOPHTHALMUS CARINATUS; PARABUTHUS SCHLECHTERI; POSIBACTERIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 18644367760     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03177.x     Document Type: Article

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