Antimicrobial activity of lactoferrin: Mechanisms and possible clinical applications;Actividad antimicrobiana de la lactoferrina: Mecanismos y aplicaciones clínicas potenciales

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 102-111

  Rodríguez Franco, Dora Alicia ^a   Vázquez Moreno, Luz ^a   Ramos Clamont Montfort, Gabriela ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antiviral; Clinical applications; Host defense; Lactoferricin; Lactoferrin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; IRON BINDING PROTEIN; LACTOFERRIN; METAL;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DEGRANULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRANULE CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LACRIMAL FLUID; MILK; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SALIVA; SECRETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; VIRUSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33646587652     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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