Characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the Malaysian frogs, Odorrana hosii and Hylarana picturata (Anura:Ranidae)

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 465-473

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^b   Nowotny, Norbert ^b   Leprince, Jérôme ^c   Vaudry, Hubert ^c   Coquet, Laurent ^c   Jouenne, Thierry ^c   King, Jay D ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Brevinin; Esculentin; Frog skin; Nigrocin; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BREVININ 1; BREVININ 2; ESCULENTIN 1; ESCULENTIN 2; GLYCYLPHENYLALANYLLYSYLGLYCYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLLYSYLASPARAGINYLVALYLMETHIONYLPHENYLALANYLGLYCYLISOLEUCYLALANYLLYSYLSERYLALANYLGLYCYLLYSYLSERYLALANYLLEUCYLASPARAGINYLALANYLLEUCYLALANYLCYSTEINYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLASPARTYLLYSYLSERYLCYSTEINE; NIGROCIN 2; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLPROLYLALANYLVALYLLEUCYLARGINYLVALYLALANYLALANYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLVALYLPROLYLTHREONYLVALYLPHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLALANYLISOLEUCYLSERYLLYSYLLYSYLCYSTEINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FROG; GROWTH INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SKIN;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COOKI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHYLAX (FROG); ODORRANA; RANIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 50549092676     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.06.017     Document Type: Article

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