Hylin a1, the first cytolytic peptide isolated from the arboreal South American frog Hypsiboas albopunctatus ("spotted treefrog")

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Castro, Mariana S ^a   Ferreira, Tânia Cristina G ^a   Cilli, Eduardo M ^b   Crusca Jr , Edson ^b   Mendes Giannini, Maria José Soares ^b   Sebben, Antonio ^a   Ricart, Carlos André O ^a   Sousa, Marcelo V ^a   Fontes, Wagner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Hemolysis; Hypsiboas; Skin secretion

Indexed keywords

HYLIN A1; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FROG; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPSIBOAS ALBOPUNCTATUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANURA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOSOL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOMBINA MAXIMA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; HYLA ALBOPUNCTATA; HYLA BIOBEBA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58149488747     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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