Antimicrobial fragments of the pro-region of cathelicidins and other immune peptides

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 813-818

  Anderson, Rachel C ^a,b   Rehders, Maren ^a,c   Yu, Pak Lam ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cathelicidins; Cathelin domain; Platelet factor 4; T cell surface glycoprotein CD4

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL FRAGMENTS; CATHELIN DOMAIN; PLATELET FACTOR 4;

PEPTIDES;

CATHELICIDIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUTROPHIL; SHEEP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; CATHELICIDINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTROPHILS; PLATELET FACTOR 4; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SHEEP;

OVIS;

EID: 41549115507     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-007-9628-7     Document Type: Article

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