The first antimicrobial peptide from sea amphibian

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 678-681

  Lu, Yi ^a   Ma, Yufang ^b,c   Wang, Xu ^a   Liang, Jianguo ^a   Zhang, Chongxin ^a   Zhang, Keyun ^a   Lin, Guoqing ^a   Lai, Ren ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Rana cancrivora; Sea amphibian

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC SPACER PEPTIDE; AMINO ACID; CANCRIN; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; CRAB; DNA LIBRARY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA CANCRIVORA; SKIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PEPTIDES; RANIDAE; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; FEJERVARYA CANCRIVORA; RANIDAE;

EID: 34848853841     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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