Human β-defensin 2 and β-defensin 3 chimeric peptides reveal the structural basis of the pathogen specificity of their parent molecules

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 954-960

  Jung, Sascha ^a   Mysliwy, Justyna ^a   Spudy, Björn ^a   Lorenzen, Inken ^a   Reiss, Karina ^a   Gelhaus, Christoph ^a   Podschun, Rainer ^b   Leippe, Matthias ^a   Grötzinger, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CHIMERA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CELL LINE; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79952341527     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00872-10     Document Type: Article

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