Potent antimicrobial peptides with selectivity for Bacillus anthracis over human erythrocytes

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 237-242

  Dawson, Raymond M ^a   Fox, Marc A ^b   Atkins, Helen S ^b   Liu, Chun Qiang ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Biological warfare; Haemolysis; Papillosin; Peptide; Therapeutic index

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LTC2A PROTEIN; PAPILLOSIN PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS; BURKHOLDERIA; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 80051552712     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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