The cathelicidin-like peptide derived from panda genome is a potential antimicrobial peptide

Gene

Volumn 492, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 368-374

  Yan, Xiuwen ^a   Zhong, Jian ^c   Liu, Huan ^b,d   Liu, Cunbao ^b,d   Zhang, Keyun ^a   Lai, Ren ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c WOMEN S HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Cathelicidin; Innate immunity; Panda

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CLINDAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; AILUROPODA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; FUNGI; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; URSIDAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI;

EID: 84655170239     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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