Identification, synthesis and characterization of a novel antimicrobial peptide HKPLP derived from Hippocampus kuda Bleeker

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 117-121

  Sun, Dandan ^a   Wu, Songqing ^a   Jing, Chenfeng ^a   Zhang, Ning ^a   Liang, Dong ^a   Xu, Anlong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antimicrobial activity; antimicrobial peptides; HKPLP; peptide synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GLYCINE; PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLGLYCYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLPHENYLALANYLHISTIDYLGLYCYLLEUCYLVALYLHISTIDYLALANYLGLYCYLLYSYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLHISTIDYLGLYCYLLEUCYLISOLEUCYLHISTIDYLARGINYLASPARAGINYLARGININAMIDE; PLEUROCIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BETA SHEET; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; FLOUNDER; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA; HOST RESISTANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; TELEOST; THERMOSTABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS;

EID: 84859135020     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2011.120     Document Type: Article

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