Two families of antimicrobial peptides from wasp (Vespa magnifica) venom

Toxicon

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-253

  Xu, Xueqing ^a,b   Li, Jianxu ^a,b   Lu, Qiuming ^a   Yang, Hailong ^a   Zhang, Yungong ^a   Lai, Ren ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Chemotactic peptide; Mastoparan; Vespa magnifica; Wasp venom

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC PEPTIDE; ETOPOSIDE; MASTOPARAN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASP VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FROG; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; FUNGI; RANA BOYLII; VESPA MAGNIFICA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 31344445901     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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