Antimicrobial properties of amyloid peptides

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 708-717

  Kagan, Bruce L ^a   Jang, Hyunbum ^b   Capone, Ricardo ^c   Teran Arce, Fernando ^c   Ramachandran, Srinivasan ^c   Lal, Ratnesh ^c   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

strand turn strand motif; amyloid ion channels; antimicrobial activity; cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; AMYLIN; AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; AMYLOID PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; ATAXIN 1; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CONGO RED; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYSTATIN C; FIBRINOGEN; GELSOLIN; HUNTINGTIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; ION CHANNEL; LYSOZYME; MICROCIN E492; PREALBUMIN; PRION PROTEIN; PROTEGRIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN SYNDROME; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; GERSTMANN STRAUSSLER SCHEINKER SYNDROME; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MACROGLOBULINEMIA; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCRAPIE; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 84859357130     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp200419b     Document Type: Review

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