Solution structure, antibacterial activity, and expression profile of Manduca sexta moricin

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 855-863

  Dai, Huaien ^a   Rayaprolu, Subrahmanyam ^b   Gong, Yuxi ^a   Huang, Rudan ^b   Prakash, O M ^a   Jiang, Haobo ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Insect immunity; NMR spectroscopy; Tobacco hornworm

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; MORICIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MANDUCA SEXTA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; INSECT PROTEINS; MANDUCA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 48249096784     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1016     Document Type: Article

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