Design and characterization of novel hybrid antimicrobial peptides based on cecropin A, LL-37 and magainin II

Peptides

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-205

  Fox, Marc A ^a   Thwaite, Joanne E ^a   Ulaeto, David O ^a   Atkins, Timothy P ^a   Atkins, Helen S ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Bacillus; Burkholderia; Computer aided rational design; Francisella

Indexed keywords

CALL PEPTIDE; CAMA PEPTIDE; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CECROPIN A; LLAMA PEPTIDE; MAGAININ 2; MALL PEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ERYTHROCYTES; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MAGAININS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; FRANCISELLA; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; LAMA (MAMMAL); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84858797510     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.01.013     Document Type: Article

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