Antimicrobial peptides: Versatile biological properties

International Journal of Peptides

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Pushpanathan, Muthuirulan ^a   Gunasekaran, Paramasamy ^a,b   Rajendhran, Jeyaprakash ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CECROPIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; DERMASEPTIN; LACTOFERRICIN; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; MELITTIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PARDAXIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PR 39; TACHYPLESIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELLS; CLONING VECTOR; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MELANOMA CELL; MOLECULE; MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; OVARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACHYPLEUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 84880166527     PISSN: 16879767     EISSN: 16879775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/675391     Document Type: Article

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