Antimicrobial peptide diversity in the skin of the torrent frog, Amolops jingdongensis

Amino Acids

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 481-487

  He, Xiaoqin ^a   Yang, Shilong ^b   Wei, Lin ^a   Liu, Rui ^b   Lai, Ren ^a,b   Rong, Mingqiang ^a,b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amolops; Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptides; Diversity; Skin

Indexed keywords

AMOLOPIN 3; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BREVININ 1; BREVININ 2; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESCULENTIN 2; JINGDONGIN 1; JINGDONGIN 2; ODORRANAIN F; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANACYCLIN; TEMPORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMOLOPS JINGDONGENSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANURA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS DYSENTERIAE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HEMOLYSIS; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; FEMALE; FUNGI; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RANIDAE; SKIN;

AMOLOPS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; ODORRANA;

EID: 84878261500     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-012-1358-z     Document Type: Article

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