Cloning and expression of genes enocoding antimicrobial peptides and bradykinin from the skin and brain of Oki Tago's brown frog, Rana tagoi okiensis

Peptides

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1480-1487

  Tazato, Shoro ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^b   Iwamuro, Shawichi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Bradykinin; Frog brain; Frog skin; Rana tagoi okiensis

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ DERIVATIVE; BREVININ 1TOA; BREVININ 1TOB; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREPROBREVININ 1; PREPRORANATUERIN 2; PREPROTEMPORIN; RANATUERIN 2TOA; RANATUERIN 2TOB; RNA; TEMPORIN TOA; TEMPORIN TOB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

ANURA; MAMMALIA; RANA TAGOI;

EID: 77955049489     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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