Novel α-MSH Peptide Analogues with Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Grieco, Paolo ^a   Carotenuto, Alfonso ^a   Auriemma, Luigia ^a   Limatola, Antonio ^a   Di Maro, Salvatore ^a   Merlino, Francesco ^a   Mangoni, Maria Luisa ^b   Luca, Vincenzo ^b   Di Grazia, Antonio ^b   Gatti, Stefano ^c   Campiglia, Pietro ^d   Gomez Monterrey, Isabel ^a   Novellino, Ettore ^a   Catania, Anna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; MELANOCORTIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OLIGOPEPTIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CANDIDA; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; SOLID PHASE SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ALPHA-MSH; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ERYTHROCYTES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SOLID-PHASE SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84876568118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061614     Document Type: Article

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