Identification of a histone derived, putative antimicrobial peptide Himanturin from round whip ray Himantura pastinacoides and its phylogenetic significance

Results in Immunology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-124

  Sathyan, Naveen ^a   Philip, Rosamma ^a   Chaithanya, E R ^a   Anil Kumar, P R ^a   Antony, Swapna P ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Elasmobranch; Himantura pastinacoides; Himanturin; Histone H2A

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HIMANTURIN; HISTONE H2A; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ELASMOBRANCH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; HIMANTURA PASTINACOIDES; HOST RESISTANCE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863187120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22112839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rinim.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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