Novel family of antimicrobial peptides from the skin of Rana shuchinae

Peptides

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1674-1677

  Zheng, Ruiqiang ^a   Yao, Bin ^d   Yu, Haining ^b,c   Wang, Hanjin ^e   Bian, Jianmin ^e   Feng, Feifei ^b,c  

^a NORTHERN JIANGSU PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptides; Rana shuchinae; Skin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SHUCHIN 1; SHUCHIN 2; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS DYSENTERIAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANA SHUCHINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RABBITS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACILLUS CEREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77955656363     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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