Parallel evaluation of antimicrobial peptides derived from the synthetic PAF26 and the human LL37

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 356, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-113

  López García, Belén ^a   Ubhayasekera, Wimal ^b   Gallo, Richard L ^c   Marcos, Jose F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Antifungal peptides; Cathelicidin derivates

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; HEXAPEPTIDE; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN KI26; PROTEIN KR20; PROTEIN P20 KR20; PROTEIN PAF26; PROTEIN PAF26 KR20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRONOMY; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CYTOLYSIS; DERMATOPHYTE; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANDIDA; FUNGI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33947144621     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.093     Document Type: Article

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