A novel family of antimicrobial peptides from the skin of Amolops loloensis

Biochimie

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 863-867

  Wang, Aili ^a   Wang, Jiyuan ^a   Hong, Jing ^c   Feng, Hao ^a   Yang, Hailong ^b   Yu, Xiaodong ^d   Ma, Yufang ^b,e   Lai, Ren ^a,b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^d CHONGQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptides; Defense; Innate immunity; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMOLOPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HORMONE PRECURSOR; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOLOPS LOLOENSIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BETA SHEET; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SECRETION; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RANIDAE; SKIN;

AMOLOPS LOLOENSIS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACILLUS PUMILUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44449120200     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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