Anti-microbial action of melanocortin peptides and identification of a novel X-Pro-d/l-Val sequence in Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1004-1009

  Charnley, Mirren ^a   Moir, Arthur J G ^a   Douglas, C W Ian ^a   Haycock, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti microbial peptides; Escherichia coli; Melanocortin peptides; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLALANYLALANYLALANYLAMIDE; ACETYLLYSYLPROLINE DEXTRO VALINAMIDE; ACETYLLYSYLPROLYLVALINAMIDE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIPEPTIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MELANOCORTINS; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 43049122398     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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