Small cationic protein from a marine turtle has β-defensin-like fold and antibacterial and antiviral activity

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 524-531

  Chattopadhyay, Suranjana ^a   Sinha, Nirmal Kumar ^a   Banerjee, Shuvojit ^b   Roy, Debjani ^a   Chattopadhyay, Dhrubajyoti ^b   Roy, Siddhartha ^a,c  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cationic; Chandipura; Disulfide; E. coli; NMR; Structure

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; EGG WHITE PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TEWP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARETTA CARETTA; CHANDIPURA VIRUS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RHABDOVIRUS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TURTLE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CATIONS; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TURTLES; VESICULOVIRUS;

CARETTA CARETTA; CHANDIPURA VIRUS; CHELONIIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RHABDOVIRIDAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VERTEBRATA; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 33745624822     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.20963     Document Type: Article

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