Amphibian cathelicidin fills the evolutionary gap of cathelicidin in vertebrate

Amino Acids

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 677-685

  Hao, Xue ^a,b   Yang, Hailong ^a,c   Wei, Ling ^a,b   Yang, Shilong ^c   Zhu, Wenjuan ^a,d   Ma, Dongying ^a   Yu, Haining ^d,e   Lai, Ren ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Cathelicidin; Evolution; Structure and function

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN AL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOLOPS LOLOENSIS; AMPHIBIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPTILE; SKIN; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ERYTHROCYTES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VERTEBRATES;

AMOLOPS LOLOENSIS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84864773148     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-1116-7     Document Type: Article

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