Effect of amidation on the antimicrobial peptide aurein 2.5 from australian southern bell frogs

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 586-591

  Dennisona, Sarah R ^a   Mortonb, Leslie H G ^b   Phoenixc, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Bacterial cell membrane; C terminal amidation; Monolayer interactions; helical

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AUREIN 2.5; AUREIN 2.5 CONH2; AUREIN 2.5 COOH; AUREIN 2.5 DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TRIFLUOROETHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMIDATION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANURA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN SOUTHERN BELL FROG; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN;

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LITORIA RANIFORMIS;

EID: 84861958114     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986612800494110     Document Type: Article

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