Novel Antibacterial Activity of β2-Microglobulin in Human Amniotic Fluid

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Jin Young ^a   Park, Seong Cheol ^a   Lee, Jong Kook ^a   Choi, Sang Joon ^a   Hahm, Kyung Soo ^b   Park, Yoonkyung ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Bioleaders Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMNION FLUID; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEUS VULGARIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84868700639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047642     Document Type: Article

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