Dermaseptins from Phyllomedusa oreades and Phyllomedusa distincta: Liposomes fusion and/or lysis investigated by fluorescence and atomic force microscopy

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-335

  Silva, Luciano P ^a,b   Leite, José Roberto S A ^b,e   Brand, Guilherme D ^b   Regis, Willian B ^c   Tedesco, Antonio C ^d   Azevedo, Ricardo B ^a   Freitas, Sonia M ^a   Bloch Jr , Carlos ^b  

^a Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Atomic force microscopy; Dermaseptin; Fluorescence; Fusion; Liposome; Lysis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; DERMASEPTIN; LIPOSOME; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC DD K; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC DD L; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC DS 01; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FROG; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; LYSIS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PHYLLOMEDUSA DISTINCTA; PHYLLOMEDUSA OREADES; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

PHYLLOMEDUSA DISTINCTA; PHYLLOMEDUSA OREADES;

EID: 54649084947     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.031     Document Type: Article

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