Structural and biophysical characterization of an antimicrobial peptide chimera comprised of lactoferricin and lactoferrampin

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1818, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 762-775

  Haney, Evan F ^a   Nazmi, Kamran ^b   Bolscher, Jan G M ^b   Vogel, Hans J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Lactoferrampin; Lactoferricin; NMR solution structure; Peptide membrane interactions

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CHLOROFORM; LACTOFERRAMPIN; LACTOFERRICIN; LIPOSOME; METHANOL; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MEMBRANE FUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CATTLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; LACTOFERRIN; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BOVINAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84855798186     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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