Maximin 9, a novel free thiol containing antimicrobial peptide with antimycoplasma activity from frog Bombina maxima

FEBS Letters

Volumn 579, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4443-4448

  Lee, Wen Hui ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Zhang, Ying Xia ^a   Jin, Yang ^a   Lai, Ren ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Bombina maxima; cDNA sequence; Free thiol; Maximin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLYCINE; MAXIMIN 9; MUTANT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA LIBRARY; DNA STRUCTURE; EVALUATION; FROG; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLICUTES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA MAXIMA; MOLLICUTES;

EID: 23644438035     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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