Antimicrobial peptide may originate from hemoglobin and play a role in the antibacterial mechanisms of endometrium

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 86, Issue 29, 2006, Pages 2044-2048

  Wang, Li Li ^a   Pan, Xiao Ling ^b   Ma, Yi ^b   Li, Ming ^b   Feng, Yun ^b   Wu, Qi ^b   Wang, Bo Yao ^b   Huang, Ning ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Female; Hemoglobin; Reproductive duct; Uterus

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HUMAN UTERUS PEPTIDE 39; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 33748162176     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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