Characterization of antimicrobial peptides in skin secretions from discrete populations of Lithobates chiricahuensis (Ranidae) from central and southern Arizona

Peptides

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 664-669

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Mechkarska, Milena ^a   Coquet, Laurent ^b   Jouenne, Thierry ^b   Leprince, Jérôme ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^b   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^c   Nowotny, Norbert ^c   King, Jay D ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Rare Species Conservatory Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Brevinin 1; Esculentin 2; Frog skin; Palustrin 2; Ranatuerin 2; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BREVININ 1; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESCULENTIN 2; NORADRENALIN; PALUSTRIN 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANATUERIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; GENE DELETION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KLEBSIELLA; LITHOBATES CHIRICAHUENSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PEPTIDOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ARIZONA; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SKIN;

ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA CHIRICAHUENSIS; RANIDAE;

EID: 79952814323     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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