Role of positional hydrophobicity in the leishmanicidal activity of magainin 2

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2980-2986

  Guerrero, Esther ^a   Saugar, José María ^a   Matsuzaki, Katsumi ^b   Rivas, Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LIPOPHOSPHOGLYCAN; MAGAININ 2; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; GLYCOCALYX; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUOROMETRY; GLYCOCALYX; HEMOLYSIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEPTIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 3342905060     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.8.2980-2986.2004     Document Type: Article

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