Hemoglobin and its derived peptides may play a role in the antibacterial mechanism of the vagina

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Deng, Luxia ^a   Pan, Xiaoling ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Wang, Lili ^a   Zhou, Xin E ^a   Li, Ming ^a   Feng, Yun ^a   Wu, Qi ^a   Wang, Boyao ^a   Huang, Ning ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial polypeptide; Endometrial scraping samples; Hemoglobin derived peptide; Vagina

Indexed keywords

ACID SOLUBLE PROTEIN; AGAR; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGAR DIFFUSION; ALPHA CHAIN; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GEL; HISTOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; VAGINA; VAGINITIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS;

EID: 57749175706     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den318     Document Type: Article

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