The role of amphibian antimicrobial peptides in protection of amphibians from pathogens linked to global amphibian declines

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1593-1599

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Antimicrobial peptide; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytrid; Ranavirus

Indexed keywords

BREVININ; DERMASEPTIN; ESCULENTIN; MAGAININ 2; PALUSTRIN; PHYLLOSEPTIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANALEXIN; RANATUERIN; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; GROWTH INHIBITION; HABITAT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; IRIDOVIRUS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAIN FOREST; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN GLAND; SKIN SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FUNGI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RANAVIRUS;

EID: 67649277612     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.03.008     Document Type: Review

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