Strongylocins, novel antimicrobial peptides from the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1430-1440

  Li, Chun ^a   Haug, Tor ^a   Styrvold, Olaf B ^a   Jørgensen, Trond Ø ^a   Stensvåg, Klara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Antimicrobial peptides; Echinoderm extracts; Innate immunity; Invertebrate; Marine bioprospecting; Marine natural products; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STRONGYLOCIN 1; STRONGYLOCIN 1A; STRONGYLOCIN 1B; STRONGYLOCIN 2; STRONGYLOCIN 2A; STRONGYLOCIN 2B;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXON; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 49649113342     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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