Antimicrobial properties of avian eggshell-specific C-type lectin-like proteins

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-704

  Wellman Labadie, Olivier ^a   Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani ^b   Hincke, Maxwell T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antibiotics; Avian eggshell; Bacterial polysaccharides; C type lectin

Indexed keywords

ANSOCALCIN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CALCIUM; LECTIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; OVOCLEIDIN 17; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; GOOSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; CHICKENS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; EGG PROTEINS; EGG SHELL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GEESE; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROCOCCUS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

ANSER; AVES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 39649106580     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.01.043     Document Type: Article

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