A new family of antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of Rana pleuraden

Peptides

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2069-2074

  Wang, Xu ^a   Song, Yuzhu ^b   Li, Jianxu ^b,c   Liu, Huan ^a   Xu, Xueqing ^b,c   Lai, Ren ^a,b   Zhang, Keyun ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptides; Helicobacter pylori; Rana pleuraden

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; HEPTAPEPTIDE; HORMONE PRECURSOR; PLEURAIN A1; PLEURAIN A2; PLEURAIN A3; PLEURAIN A4; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; FROG; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA PLEURADEN; SKIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; FUNGI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34548695433     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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