Identification and characterization of anti-microbial peptides from rabbit vaginal fluid

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 139, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 176-186

  Patgaonkar, Mandar ^a   Aranha, Clara ^a   Bhonde, Gauri ^a   Reddy, K V R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

AMPs; Hemoglobin chain; Rabbit; RVFHb P; Vaginal fluid

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CALCYCLIN; HEMOGLOBIN A; HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN; HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOSOME; LYSOZYME; NEUTROPHIL ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDE 5; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PREALBUMIN; RVFAMP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTEROGLOBIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBIT; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ALPHA-GLOBINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; BODY FLUIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 78650924657     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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