Antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the New World frogs Lithobates capito and Lithobates warszewitschii (Ranidae)

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1775-1781

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Meetani, Mohammed A ^a   Coquet, Laurent ^b   Jouenne, Thierry ^b   Leprince, Jérôme ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^b   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^c   Nowotny, Norbert ^c   King, Jay D ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c Clinical Virology   (Austria)

^d Rare Species Conservatory Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Frog skin; Lithobates; Ranatuerin 2; Temporin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BREVININ 1; ESCULENTIN 1; ESCULENTIN 2; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLALANINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE; RANATUERIN 2; TEMPORIN; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PEPTIDOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BODILY SECRETIONS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

ANURA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CAPITO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LITHOBATES; RANIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70349319361     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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