Structure-activity relationship of an antibacterial peptide, maculatin 1.1, from the skin glands of the tree frog, Litoria genimaculata

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 414-422

  Niidome, Takuro ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Arakawa, Hiromi ^a   Hatakeyama, Tomomitsu ^a   Aoyagi, Haruhiko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Hemolytic activity; Maculatin 1.1; Membrane permeabilization

Indexed keywords

MACULATIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SKIN GLAND; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANIDAE; SKIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANURA; HYLIDAE; LITORIA; LITORIA GENIMACULATA;

EID: 4143113468     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.560     Document Type: Article

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