Phylloseptins: A novel class of anti-bacterial and anti-protozoan peptides from the Phyllomedusa genus

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 565-573

  Leite, José Roberto S A ^a,b   Silva, Luciano P ^b   Rodrigues, Maria Izabel S ^a   Prates, Maura V ^a   Brand, Guilherme D ^a   Lacava, Bruno M ^b   Azevedo, Ricardo B ^b   Bocca, Anamélia L ^b   Albuquerque, Sergio ^c   Bloch Jr , Carlos ^a,d  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Atomic force microscopy; Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis; Phyllomedusa oreades; Phylloseptin; Trypanocidal activity

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PHYLLOSEPTIN 1; PHYLLOSEPTIN 2; PHYLLOSEPTIN 3; PHYLLOSEPTIN 4; PHYLLOSEPTIN 5; PHYLLOSEPTIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FROG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MAMMAL CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLLOMEDUSA HYPOCHONDRIALIS; PHYLLOMEDUSA OREADES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYLIDAE; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; OREADES; PHYLLOMEDUSA; PHYLLOMEDUSA HYPOCHONDRIALIS; PHYLLOMEDUSA OREADES; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 20044381842     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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