Pleurocidin-derived antifungal peptides with selective membrane-disruption effect

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 858-861

  Sung, Woo Sang ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analog peptides; Antifungal peptide; Helicity; Hydrophobicity; Pleurocidin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARGININE; MELITTIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PLEUROCIDIN; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SELECTIVITY; FLOUNDER; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRICHOSPORON BEIGELII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ARGININE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; FISH PROTEINS; FUNGI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LIPOSOMES; MELITTEN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SERINE;

PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 41149103818     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.02.109     Document Type: Article

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