Effects of the terminal charges in human neutrophil α-defensin 2 on its bactericidal and membrane activity

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2377-2383

  Xie, Cao ^a,b   Zeng, Pengyun ^b   Ericksen, Bryan ^a   Wu, Zhibin ^a   Lu, Wei Yue ^b   Lu, Wuyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Amidation; Defensin; HNP; Large unilamellar vesicle; Liposome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACETYLATION; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 27944493960     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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