Imcroporin, a new cationic antimicrobial peptide from the venom of the scorpion Isometrus maculates

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3472-3477

  Zhao, Zhenhuan ^a   Ma, Yibao ^a   Dai, Chao ^a   Zhao, Ruiming ^a   Li, SongRyong ^a   Wu, Yingliang ^a   Cao, Zhijian ^a   Li, Wenxin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; IMCROPORIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CEFOTAXIME; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 67749088347     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01436-08     Document Type: Article

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