Studies of insect peptides alloferon, Any-GS and their analogues. Synthesis and antiherpes activity

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 186-189

  Kuczer, Mariola ^a   Dziubasik, Katarzyna ^a   Midak Siewirska, Anna ^b   Zahorska, Renata ^b   Łuczak, Mirosław ^b   Konopińska, Danuta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alloferon; Antiviral activity; Antiviral peptides; Human Herpes Virus; Insect peptides

Indexed keywords

ALLOFERON; INSECT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; VERO CELL; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; INSECT PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; VERO CELLS;

HEXAPODA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 77949746709     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1219     Document Type: Article

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