Genome duplications within the Xenopodinae do not increase the multiplicity of antimicrobial peptides in Silurana paratropicalis and Xenopus andrei skin secretions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-212

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

^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

Antimicrobial peptide; Frog skin; Magainin; PGLa; Polyploidy; Procaerulein; Proxenopsin

Indexed keywords

CERULEIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT; CERULEIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT FAMILY 1; CERULEIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT FAMILY 2; CERULEIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT FAMILY 3; CERULETIDE; GLYCINE LEUCINE AMIDE; MAGAININ 1; NORADRENALIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPSIN; XENOPSIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT 1; XENOPSIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENOME; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILURANA PARATROPICALIS; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XENOPODINAE; XENOPUS; XENOPUS ANDREI; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SILURANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XENOPODINAE; XENOPUS AMIETI; XENOPUS ANDREI; XENOPUS BOREALIS; XENOPUS CLIVII;

EID: 79956338736     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: 18780407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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