α,β-Dehydrophenylalanine containing cecropin-melittin hybrid peptides: Conformation and activity

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-262

  Mathur, Puniti ^a   Jagannathan, N R ^a   Chauhan, Virander S ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic peptides; Bioactive peptides; Cecropin; Dehydroamino acids; Melittin

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MELITTIN; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELITTEN; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34247331353     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.841     Document Type: Article

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