Investigating the nucleic acid interactions and antimicrobial mechanism of buforin II

FEBS Letters

Volumn 582, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1715-1718

  Uyterhoeven, Erika T ^a   Butler, Chase H ^a   Ko, Danette ^a   Elmore, Donald E ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buforin II; Hipposin; Histone derived antimicrobial peptide; Molecular dynamics; Parasin; Peptide DNA interaction

Indexed keywords

BUFORIN II; DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS;

EID: 43549102840     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.04.036     Document Type: Article

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