Structuring and interactions of human β-defensins 2 and 3 with model membranes

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Morgera, Francesca ^a   Antcheva, Nikolinka ^b   Pacor, Sabrina ^b   Quaroni, Luca ^a   Berti, Federico ^b   Vaccari, Lisa ^a   Tossi, Alessandro ^b  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

defensins; Antl microbial peptides; Biological membranes; Model membranes; Natural immunity; Protein membrane interaction

Indexed keywords

HUMAN BETA DEFENSIN 2; HUMAN BETA DEFENSIN 3; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUOROMETRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 42149183494     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.981     Document Type: Article

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