Antimicrobial peptides from the skins of North American frogs

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1556-1563

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^b,c   Nowotny, Norbert ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Clinical Virology   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Frog skin; Leiopelmatidae; Phylogeny; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

ASCAPHIN; BREVININ 1; ESCULENTIN 1; ESCULENTIN 2; PALUSTRIN 1; PALUSTRIN 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANACYCLIN; RANATEURIN 1; RANATEURIN 2; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; CITROBACTER; CLADISTICS; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GENE DELETION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; SHIGELLA; SKIN SECRETION; TAXONOMY; TOAD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RANIDAE; SKIN;

ANURA; ASCAPHUS; ASCAPHUS MONTANUS; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; BUFONIDAE; HYLIDAE; LEIOPELMATIDAE; LITHOBATES; RANIDAE;

EID: 67649289909     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.09.018     Document Type: Review

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