Orthologs of magainin, PGLa, procaerulein-derived, and proxenopsin-derived peptides from skin secretions of the octoploid frog Xenopus amieti (Pipidae)

Peptides

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 989-994

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Al Ghaferi, Nadia ^a   Ahmed, Eman ^a   Meetani, Mohammed A ^a   Leprince, Jérôme ^b   Nielsen, Per F ^c  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Université de Rouen   (France)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Frog skin; Magainin; PGLa; Polyploidy; Procaerulein; Proxenopsin

Indexed keywords

CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT AM1; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT AM2; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT AM3; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT AM4; MAGAININ AM 1; MAGAININ AM 2; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE GLYCYLLEUCINE AMIDE; PEPTIDE GLYCYLLEUCINE AMIDE AM1; PEPTIDE GLYCYLLEUCINE AMIDE AM2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPSIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT AM1;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOAD; XENOPUS AMIETI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGAININS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOREPINEPHRINE; PEPTIDES; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XENOPUS;

ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PIPIDAE; SILURANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XENOPUS AMIETI; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77952106772     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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