A defensin-like antimicrobial peptide from the venoms of spider, Ornithoctonus hainana

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 540-544

  Zhao, Hongwen ^a   Kong, Yi ^c   Wang, Hanjin ^d   Yan, Tianhua ^c   Feng, Feifei ^b   Bian, Jianmin ^d   Yang, Yan ^e   Yu, Haining ^b  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Defensin; Ornithoctonus hainana; Venom

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEFENSIN; ORNITHOCTONUS HAINANA DEFENSIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DNA SCREENING; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOCTONUS HAINANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; DEFENSINS; FUNGI; HEMOLYSIS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; IXODIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; ORNITHOCTONUS HAINANA; POSIBACTERIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 79958807241     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.1370     Document Type: Article

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