Novel cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptides from Equus asinus

FEBS Journal

Volumn 277, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2329-2339

  Lu, Zekuan ^a   Wang, Yipeng ^b,c   Zhai, Lei ^a   Che, Qiaolin ^c   Wang, Hui ^a   Du, Shuyuan ^a   Wang, Duo ^a   Feng, Feifei ^a,b   Liu, Jingze ^a   Lai, Ren ^c   Yu, Haining ^a,b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cathelicidin; Equus asinus; Function; Gene cloning; Peptide identification

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 1; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ALPHA HELIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA LIBRARY; DONKEY; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EQUIDAE; ERYTHROCYTES; FUNGI; GENE LIBRARY; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RABBITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUUS ASINUS; FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77951749986     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07648.x     Document Type: Article

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