Bombinins, antimicrobial peptides from Bombina species

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1551-1555

  Simmaco, Maurizio ^a   Kreil, Günther ^b   Barra, Donatella ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphibian skin; Antimicrobial peptide; Bombina variegata B. orientalis; Innate immunity; Membrane permeabilization; Mode of action

Indexed keywords

BOMBININ; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTIRELIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BOMBINA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIRALITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; MEMBRANE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REVIEW; SKIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

AMPHIBIA; BOMBINA; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 67649408946     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.01.004     Document Type: Review

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