Pentadactylin: An antimicrobial peptide from the skin secretions of the South American bullfrog Leptodactylus pentadactylus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-397

  King, Jay D ^a   Al Ghaferi, Nadia ^b   Abraham, Bency ^b   Sonnevend, Agnes ^b   Leprince, Jerome ^c   Nielsen, Per F ^d   Conlon, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Fallaxin; Frog skin; Leptodactylidae; Pentadactylin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENTADACTYLIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPTODACTYLUS PENTADACTYLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS PENTADACTYLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANA CATESBEIANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP B;

EID: 27744542176     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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