Reflections on a systematic nomenclature for antimicrobial peptides from the skins of frogs of the family Ranidae

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1815-1819

  Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREVININ 1; BREVININ 2; ESCULENTIN 1; ESCULENTIN 2; JAPONICIN 1; JAPONICIN 2; NIGROCIN 2; PALUSTRIN 1; PALUSTRIN 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANACYCLIN; RANALEXIN; RANATUERIN 1; RANATUERIN 2; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FROG; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANIDAE; SKIN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANIDAE;

EID: 52049103111     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.05.029     Document Type: Article

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