Cloning and functional characterization of three novel antimicrobial peptides from tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Aquaculture

Volumn 372-375, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-18

  Acosta, Jannel ^a   Montero, Vivian ^b   Carpio, Yamila ^a   Velázquez, Janet ^a   Garay, Hilda Elisa ^a   Reyes, Osvaldo ^a   Cabrales, Ania ^a   Masforrol, Yordanka ^a   Morales, Antonio ^a   Estrada, Mario Pablo ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b Center of Pharmaceutical Research and Development Havana   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Hemolytic activity; Lipopolysaccharide; Minimal inhibitory concentration; Tilapia; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; CICHLID; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PEPTIDE; TOXICITY;

FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; POSIBACTERIA; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

EID: 84868561121     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2012.07.032     Document Type: Article

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