Functional role of charged residues in drosomycin, a Drosophila antifungal peptide

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 953-958

  Zhang, Zhenting ^a   Zhu, Shunyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antifungal defensin; Functional site; Insect; Site directed mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

DROSOMYCIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954083873     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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