KKKKPLFGLFFGLF: A cationic peptide designed to exert antibacterial activity

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1608-1612

  Duval, Emilie ^a   Zatylny, Céline ^a   Laurencin, Mathieu ^b   Baudy Floc'h, Michèle ^b   Henry, Joël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES CHIMIQUES DE RENNES   (France)

Author keywords

helix; Antibacterial peptide; Cationic peptide; Cell specificity; Cytotoxicity; Peptide design; Staphylococcus aureus; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN K4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; RABBITS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRICETULUS GRISEUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 68049103042     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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