Cloning and functional characterization of a new antimicrobial peptide gene StCT1 from the venom of the scorpion Scorpiops tibetanus

Peptides

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-26

  Yuan, Wenying ^b   Cao, Luyang ^a   Ma, Yibao ^a   Mao, Panyong ^c   Wang, Weipeng ^b   Zhao, Ruiming ^a   Wu, Yingliang ^a   Cao, Zhijian ^a   Li, Wenxin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^c 302nd Military Hospital of Beijing   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics resistant; Antimicrobial peptides; Scorpion; Venom

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN STCT1; SCORPION VENOM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; SCORPIONES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 72749101944     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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