Broad activity against porcine bacterial pathogens displayed by two insect antimicrobial peptides moricin and cecropin B

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-114

  Hu, Han ^a   Wang, Chunmei ^a   Guo, Xiaozhen ^a   Li, Wentao ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   He, Qigai ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptide; cecropin B; Haemophilus parasuis SH 0165; moricin; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN B; MORICIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS PLEUROPNEUMONIAE; ALPHA HELIX; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CECROPIA MOTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS; HEMOLYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SWINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBYX MORI; HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS; HEXAPODA; HYALOPHORA CECROPIA; SUS;

EID: 84879675951     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: 02191032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-2132-0     Document Type: Article

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