A novel antimicrobial peptide from amphibian skin secretions of Odorrana grahami

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-535

  Che, Qiaolin ^a   Zhou, Yu ^a   Yang, Hailong ^b   Li, Jianxu ^b,c   Xu, Xueqing ^b,c   Lai, Ren ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Innate immunity; Odorrana grahami

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; ODORRANA GRAHAMI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RANA GRAHAMI;

EID: 40249109777     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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