Structure-activity relationships of cecropin-like peptides and their interactions with phospholipid membrane

BMB Reports

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 282-287

  Lee, Eunjung ^a   Jeong, Ki Woong ^a   Lee, Juho ^a   Shin, Areum ^a   Kim, Jin Kyoung ^a   Lee, Juneyoung ^b   Lee, Dong Gun ^b   Kim, Yangmee ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Cecropin A; NMR spectroscopy; Papiliocin; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CECROPIN A; MEMBRANE LIPID; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CELL LINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; FUNGI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84880619952     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2013.46.5.252     Document Type: Article

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