Isolation and characterisation of antimicrobial peptides from deer neutrophils

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-169

  Treffers, Charlotte ^a   Chen, Liying ^b   Anderson, Rachel C ^a   Yu, Pak Lam ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defensins; Antimicrobial peptides; Bactenecins; Cathelicidins; Defensins

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; PROLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SHEEP; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; BLOOD BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PROTEINS; DEER; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

EID: 22544484779     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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