Purification and properties of antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of the Eritrea clawed frog Xenopus clivii (Pipidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 350-354

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Mechkarska, Milena ^a   Ahmed, Eman ^a   Leprince, Jérôme ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^b   King, Jay D ^c   Takada, Koji ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c Rare Species Conservatory Foundation   (United States)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial peptide; Frog skin; Magainin; Procaerulein; Proxenopsin

Indexed keywords

MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; PROCAERULEIN; PROXENOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPSIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XENOPUS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PIPIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XENOPUS CLIVII;

EID: 79951511389     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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