Identification and functional characterization of novel scorpion venom peptides with no disulfide bridge from Buthus martensii Karsch

Peptides

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-150

  Zeng, Xian Chun ^a,b   Wang, San Xia ^a   Zhu, Yan ^a,c   Zhu, Shun Yi ^a   Li, Wen Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acidic peptide; Amphipathic; Antibacterial; Molecular evolution; Venom peptide

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMKA1; PROTEIN BMKA2; PROTEIN BMKB1; PROTEIN BMKN2; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BUTHUS MARTENSII; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DISULFIDES; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 1942420693     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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