Expression and activity of a novel cathelicidin from domestic cats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Leonard, Brian C ^a   Chu, Hiutung ^a   Johns, Jennifer L ^b   Gallo, Richard L ^c   Moore, Peter F ^b   Marks, Stanley L ^b   Bevins, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CATHELIN RELATED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; INDOLICIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PR 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-BINDING PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW; CAT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HAGFISH; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MUS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDINTERMEDIUS; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79954518858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018756     Document Type: Article

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