Conformation of the cecropin-melittin hybrid, cecropin A(1-8)-Melittin (1-18) antibacterial peptide

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-124

  Tauro, Savita ^a   Coutinho, Evans ^a   Srivastava, Sudha ^b  

^a BOMBAY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Cecropin melittin hybrid; MARDIGRAS; MD; NMR

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUOROCARBON; HEXAFLUOROACETONE; MELITTIN; WATER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

ACETONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FLUOROCARBONS; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELITTEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; WATER;

EID: 1942424898     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/0929866043478347     Document Type: Article

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