Temporin A and its retro-analogues: Synthesis, conformational analysis and antimicrobial activities

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 533-537

  Kamysz, Wojciech ^a   Mickiewicz, Beata ^b   Rodziewicz Motowidło, Sylwia ^b   Greber, Katarzyna ^a   Okrój, Marcin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Circular dichroism; Peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; RETROTEMPORIN A; TEMPORIN A; TEMPORIN A[6-1][7-13]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANURA; CANDIDA; POSIBACTERIA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 33747241354     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.762     Document Type: Article

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