Characterization of a hemolytic protein, identified as histone H4, from the skin of the Japanese tree frog Hyla japonica (Hylidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 120-125

  Kawasaki, Hiroaki ^a   Iwamuro, Shawichi ^a   Goto, Yuta ^a   Nielsen, Per F ^b   Michael Conlon, J ^c  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Frog skin; Hemolytic; Histone H4; Hyla japonica; Stem loop structure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE H4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FROG; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYLA JAPONICA; HYLIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36749079320     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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