Cationic polypeptides contribute to the anti-HIV-1 activity of human seminal plasma

FASEB Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3609-3618

  Martellini, Julie A ^a   Cole, Amy L ^a   Venkataraman, Nitya ^a   Quinn, Gerry A ^a   Svoboda, Pavel ^b   Gangrade, Bhushan K ^c   Pohl, Jan ^b   Sørensen, Ole E ^d,f   Cole, Alexander M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Center for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Bldg 20 ^*  (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antigens; Antimicrobial; Epitopes; Reproductive immunology; Viral

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BETA MACROSEMINOPROTEIN; CYSTATIN C; LUCIFERASE; PROLACTIN INDUCED PROTEIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PAP; SEMENOGELIN I; SEMENOGELIN II; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REPORTER GENE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; VIRUS INHIBITION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL LINE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEMEN; SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETORY PROTEINS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 70349672703     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-131961     Document Type: Article

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