The interaction of the antimicrobial peptide cLEAP-2 and the bacterial membrane

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 500-503

  Townes, Claire L ^a   Michailidis, Georgios ^b   Hall, Judith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Avian; cLEAP 2

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN CLEAP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHICKENS; ERYTHROCYTES; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 68249120546     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.07.046     Document Type: Article

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