A mini review on the antimicrobial peptides isolated from the genus Hylarana (Amphibia: Anura) with a proposed nomenclature for amphibian skin peptides

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 6943-6947

  Thomas, Priya ^a   Vineeth Kumar, T V ^a   Reshmy, V ^a   Kumar, K S ^a   George, S ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Hylarana; Nomenclature; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRADYKININ; BREVININ 1; BREVININ 2; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ESCULENTIN 2; GUENTHERIN; HYLARANAKININ; NIGROAIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANAKININ; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG SCREENING; HYLARANA AURANTIACA; HYLARANA AURATA; HYLARANA ERYTHREA; HYLARANA LATOUCHII; HYLARANA NIGROVITTATA; HYLARANA PICTURATA; HYLARANA QUENTHERI; HYLARANA TEMPORALIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANIDAE; SKIN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HUIA (PROPER); HYDROPHYLAX (FROG); RANIDAE;

EID: 84864285600     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1521-3     Document Type: Review

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