Antimicrobial activity of human β-defensin 4 analogs: Insights into the role of disulfide linkages in modulating activity

Peptides

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 255-265

  Sharma, Himanshu ^a   Nagaraj, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Disulfide bonds; Human defensins; Membrane permeabilization; Salt sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 4; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BETA-DEFENSINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISULFIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84868696288     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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