Senegalin: A novel antimicrobial/myotropic hexadecapeptide from the skin secretion of the African running frog, Kassina senegalensis

Amino Acids

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1347-1355

  Wang, Hui ^a   Li, Renjie ^a   Xi, Xinping ^a   Meng, Teng ^a   Zhou, Mei ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Zhang, Yingqi ^a,b   Chen, Tianbao ^a   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b TANGSHAN GONGREN HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial; Molecular cloning; Peptide; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANTIMYCOBACTERIAL AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SENEGALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEMOLYSIS; KASSINA SENEGALENSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY BLADDER; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

AMPHIBIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; KASSINA; KASSINA SENEGALENSIS; RATTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84876686378     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-013-1470-8     Document Type: Article

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