Characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the endangered frog Odorrana ishikawae by shotgun cDNA cloning

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 412, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 673-677

  Iwakoshi Ukena, Eiko ^a   Soga, Miyuki ^b   Okada, Genya ^b   Fujii, Tamotsu ^b   Sumida, Masayuki ^a   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Frog skin; Innate immunity; Microorganism; Odorrana

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARGININE; BREVININ 1ISA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISHIKAWAIN 1; ISHIKAWAIN 2; ISHIKAWAIN 3; ISHIKAWAIN 4; ISHIKAWAIN 5; ISHIKAWAIN 6; ISHIKAWAIN 7; ISHIKAWAIN 8; LYSINE; NIGROCIN 2ISC; ODORRANAIN MISA; PALUSTRIN 2ISC; PALUSTRIN 2ISD; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FROG; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ODORRANA ISHIKAWAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANIDAE; SKIN;

ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; ODORRANA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80052612547     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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