Membranolytic antifungal activity of arenicin-1 requires the N-terminal tryptophan and the beta-turn arginine

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 185-189

  Park, Cana ^a   Cho, Jaeyong ^a   Lee, Juneyoung ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analogues; Antimicrobial peptide; Arenicin 1; Arenicola marina; Liposome

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DICHROISM; LIPOSOMES; PEPTIDES;

ANALOGUES; ANTI-FUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; ARENICIN-1; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITIONS; N-TERMINAL TRYPTOPHAN; STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS; TRP-FLUORESCENCE;

FUNGI;

ARENICOLA MARINA;

EID: 78650514594     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-010-0402-x     Document Type: Article

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