A short α-helical antimicrobial peptide with antibacterial selectivity

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 735-739

  Song, Yub Shin ^a   Hahm, Kyung Soo ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Bacterial cell selectivity; Phospholipid interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; K6L5WP PEPTIDE; LEUCINE; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DOSE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEUCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 3343021995     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000024098.83025.de     Document Type: Article

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