Conformational and Functional Effects Induced by D- and L-Amino Acid Epimerization on a Single Gene Encoded Peptide from the Skin Secretion of Hypsiboas punctatus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  de Magalhães, Mariana T Q ^a,b,d   Barbosa, Eder A ^a,b   Prates, Maura V ^a   Verly, Rodrigo M ^c,f   Munhoz, Victor Hugo O ^c   de Araújo, Ivan E ^d,e   Bloch, Carlos ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d JOHN B PIERCE LABORATORY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DOS VALES DO JEQUITINHONHA E MUCURI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEXTRO PHENYLSEPTIN; LEVO PHENYLSEPTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANURA; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIMERIZATION; HYPSIBOAS PUNCTATUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN SECRETION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TASTE PREFERENCE;

EID: 84875644782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059255     Document Type: Article

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