Hybridization between the African clawed frogs Xenopus laevis and Xenopus muelleri (Pipidae) increases the multiplicity of antimicrobial peptides in skin secretions of female offspring

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 285-291

  Mechkarska, Milena ^a   Meetani, Mohammed ^a   Michalak, Pawel ^b,c   Vaksman, Zalman ^b   Takada, Koji ^d   Conlon, J Michael ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; F1 hybrid; Frog skin; Magainin; PGLa; Procaerulein; Proxenopsin; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CPF 1 PROTEIN; CPF 3 PROTEIN; CPF 4 PROTEIN; CPF 5 PROTEIN; CPF 6 PROTEIN; CPF 7 PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MAGAININ 1; MAGAININ 2; PGLA PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XPF 1 PROTEIN; XPF 2 PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PEPTIDOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SKIN SECRETION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS MUELLERI;

ANURA; PIPIDAE; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS MUELLERI;

EID: 84864399264     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: 18780407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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