A family of kassinatuerin-2 related peptides from the skin secretion of the African hyperoliid frog, Kassina maculata

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1428-1433

  Wang, Lei ^a   Zhou, Mei ^a   McGrath, Stephanie ^a   Chen, Tianbao ^a   Gorman, Sean P ^a   Walker, Brian ^a   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptide; Cloning; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; KASSINATEURIN 2; KASSINATEURIN 2 RELATED PEPTIDE; KASSINATEURIN 2MA; KASSINATEURIN 2MB; KASSINATEURIN 2MC; KASSINATEURIN 2MD; PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMIDATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; HEMOLYSIS; KASSINA MACULATA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPEROLIIDAE; KASSINA MACULATA; KASSINA SENEGALENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67650438386     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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