Binding sites on tau proteins as components for antimicrobial peptides

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Kobayashi, Nahoko ^a,b   Masuda, Junichi ^a,b   Kudoh, Jun ^b   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^b   Yoshida, Tetsuhiko ^a,b  

^a Base Technology Center   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Binding site; Laminin receptor protein; Nuclear localization signal; Tau

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BINS; MICROORGANISMS; PEPTIDES; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; LAMININ RECEPTOR PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEAR TRANSLOCATIONS;

BINDING SITES;

LAMININ RECEPTOR; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG RESEARCH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ESCHERICHIA; FUNGI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 46749109285     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.13.49     Document Type: Article

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