Skin peptides protect juvenile leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) against chytridiomycosis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2908-2916

  Pask, James D ^a   Cary, Tawnya L ^b   Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antimicrobial peptides; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; Rana pipiens; Skin defenses

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; NORADRENALIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; ARTICLE; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RANA PIPIENS; SKIN; SKIN DEFENSES;

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; RANA PIPIENS; SKIN DEFENSES;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MYCOSES; NOREPINEPHRINE; RANA PIPIENS; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84881120781     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.084145     Document Type: Article

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