Three new antimicrobial peptides from the scorpion Pandinus imperator

Peptides

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 28-34

  Zeng, Xian Chun ^a   Zhou, Lingli ^a   Shi, Wanxia ^a   Luo, Xuesong ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Nie, Yao ^a   Wang, Jinwei ^a   Wu, Shifen ^a   Cao, Bin ^b   Cao, Hanjun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amphipathic peptide; Antibiotic resistant pathogen; Antimicrobial peptide; Enterococcus; Pandinus imperator; Scorpion venom; Vancomycin resistant

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; PANTININ 1; PANTININ 2; PANTININ 3; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; PANTININ-1 PEPTIDE, PANDINUS IMPERATOR; PANTININ-2 PEPTIDE, PANDINUS IMPERATOR; PANTININ-3 PEPTIDE, PANDINUS IMPERATOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDINUS IMPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PANDINUS IMPERATOR; POSIBACTERIA; SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84879020099     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: 18735169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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