Peptide fragments of a β-defensin derivative with potent bactericidal activity

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1922-1929

  Reynolds, Natalie L ^a   De Cecco, Martin ^b   Taylor, Karen ^a   Stanton, Chloe ^a   Kilanowski, Fiona ^a   Kalapothakis, Jason ^b   Seo, Emily ^b   Uhrin, Dusan ^b   Campopiano, Dominic ^b   Govan, John ^b   Macmillan, Derek ^c   Barran, Perdita ^b   Dorin, Julia R ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; DIMER; MONOMER; PEPTIDE LIBRARY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; DIMERIZATION; DRUG DESIGN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 77951216438     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01568-09     Document Type: Article

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