A proposed nomenclature for antimicrobial peptides from frogs of the genus Leptodactylus

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1631-1632

  Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALLAXIN; LATICEPTIN; OCELLATIN 1; OCELLATIN 2; OCELLATIN 3; OCELLATIN 4; OCELLATIN F1; OCELLATIN L1; OCELLATIN P1; OCELLATIN S1; OCELLATIN V1; OCELLATIN V2; OCELLATIN V3; PENTADACTYLIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SYPHAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; FROG; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS; LEPTODACTYLUS VALIDUS; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

ANURA; LEPTODACTYLUS; LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS; LEPTODACTYLUS VALIDUS;

EID: 49049103106     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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