Two novel antimicrobial peptides from centipede venoms

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 274-279

  Peng, Kanfu ^a   Kong, Yi ^c   Zhai, Lei ^b   Wu, Xiongfei ^a   Jia, Peng ^b   Liu, Jingze ^b   Yu, Haining ^b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Centipede; Hemolysis; Venom

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PENICILLIN G; PHENYLALANINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE; SCOLOPIN 1; SCOLOPIN 2; SEPHADEX; SERINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GEL FILTRATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; ARTHROPODS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHILOPODA; FUNGI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCOLOPENDRA SUBSPINIPES;

EID: 72749107259     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.07.040     Document Type: Article

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