Salt-resistant homodimeric bactenecin, a cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptide

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3911-3920

  Lee, Ju Y ^a   Yang, Sung Tae ^a,c   Lee, Seung K ^a   Jung, Hyun H ^a   Shin, Song Y ^b   Hahm, Kyung Soo ^b   Kim, Jae I ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Bactenecin; Dimerization; Peptide membrane interaction; Salt resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTENECIN; LIPOSOME; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID BILAYER; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; HEMOLYSIS; KINETICS; LIPOSOMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 47249135720     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06536.x     Document Type: Article

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