Purification, characterization and homology analysis of ocellatin 4, a cytolytic peptide from the skin secretion of the frog Leptodactylus ocellatus

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1095-1104

  Nascimento, Anna ^a   Chapeaurouge, Alex ^b   Perales, Jonas ^b   Sebben, Antonio ^a   Sousa, Marcelo V ^a   Fontes, Wagner ^a   Castro, Mariana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Frog; Hemolytic; Leptodactylus; Litoria; Peptide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMPHOLYTE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; OCELLATIN 4; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPID; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; FROG; MAMMAL CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEOBATRACHIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS; LITORIA; MAMMALIA; NEOBATRACHIA; RANIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36049017044     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.014     Document Type: Article

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