Conformation and self-association of a hybrid peptide of cecropin A and melittin with improved antibiotic activity

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 838-846

  Fernández, Imma ^a   Ubach, Josep ^a   Fuxreiter, Monika ^a,c   Andreu, José Manuel ^b   Andreu, David ^a   Pons, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Antibiotics; Circular dichroism; Helices; Peptides

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED STRUCTURE; ANTIBIOTIC ACTIVITY; ASSOCIATION CONSTANT; CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HELICES; HEXAFLUOROISOPROPANOL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; ANTIBIOTICS; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CENTRIFUGATION; CONFORMATIONS; DICHROISM; LIPOSOMES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

PEPTIDES;

EID: 84856037778     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19960020717     Document Type: Article

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