Effect of the hydrophobicity to net positive charge ratio on antibacterial and anti-endotoxin activities of structurally similar antimicrobial peptides

Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 853-861

  Rosenfeld, Yosef ^a   Lev, Naama ^a   Shai, Yechiel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID PEPTIDES; ANTI-ENDOTOXIN; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; COMMON DENOMINATORS; D-AMINO ACID; DIASTEREOMERS; DIFFERENT MODES; HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY; IMMUNE CELLS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NEGATIVE-STAINING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; POSITIVE CHARGES; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FATTY ACIDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMERS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYPEPTIDES;

PEPTIDES;

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; FATTY ACID; LEUCINE; LIPOPEPTIDE; LYSINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL LINE; ENDOTOXINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPOPEPTIDES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STEREOISOMERISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75749122220     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi900724x     Document Type: Article

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