Host-defense peptides in skin secretions of the tetraploid frog Silurana epitropicalis with potent activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Peptides

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Mechkarska, Milena ^a   Prajeep, Manju ^a   Sonnevend, Agnes ^a   Coquet, Laurent ^b,c   Leprince, Jérôme ^b,c   Jouenne, Thierry ^b,c   Vaudry, Hubert ^b,c   King, Jay D ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d Rare Species Conservatory Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Frog skin; Magainin; PGLa; Procaerulein; Proxenopsin; Tetraploid

Indexed keywords

CERULETIDE; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT SE1 PEPTIDE; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT SE2 PEPTIDE; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT SE3 PEPTIDE; CERULETIDE PRECURSOR FRAGMENT SE4 PEPTIDE; GLYCYLLEUCINE; GLYCYLLEUCINE AMIDE; MAGAININ 1; NORADRENALIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLALANINE GLUTAMINE AMIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPSIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANURA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMEROON; DRUG POTENCY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DUPLICATION; HEMOLYSIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LC 50; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PEPTIDOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILURANA EPITROPICALIS; SKIN SECRETION; TETRAPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTAL LACTOGEN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SKIN; TETRAPLOIDY; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SILURANA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XENOPUS EPITROPICALIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84865247496     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.07.005     Document Type: Article

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