Antimicrobial and cytolytic activities and plausible mode of bactericidal action of the cell penetrating peptide penetratin and its Lys-linked two-stranded peptide

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-215

  Zhu, Wan Long ^a   Shin, Song Yub ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cell penetrating peptide; Cytolytic activity; Lys linked two stranded penetratin; Penetratin

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLUTAMINYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLTRYPTOPHYLPHENYLALANYLGLUTAMINYLASPARAGINYLARGINYLARGINYLMETHINYLLYSYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLLYSINAMIDE; CALCEIN; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LYSINE; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PENETRATIN; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYTOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; LYSINE; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NIH 3T3 CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58849116845     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2008.00769.x     Document Type: Article

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