Purification, molecular cloning, and antimicrobial activity of peptides from the skin secretion of the black-spotted frog, Rana nigromaculata

World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1941-1949

  Li, Ang ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Wang, Che ^b   Wu, Geng ^a   Wang, Zhenchun ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Liaoning Provincial Key Lab of Biotechnology and Drug Discovery   (China)

^c Dalian Yuming Senior High School   (China)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Brevinin; Prepropeptide; Rana nigromaculata; Temporin

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL; BREVININ; PREPROPEPTIDE; RANA NIGROMACULATA; TEMPORIN;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CLONING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPEPTIDES; PURIFICATION;

PEPTIDES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANA NIGROMACULATA;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; BREVININ 2, RANA; BREVININ-2, RANA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN; TEMPORIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODILY SECRETIONS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RANIDAE; SKIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BODILY SECRETIONS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHINA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMOLYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN;

EID: 84884819488     PISSN: 09593993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11274-013-1360-y     Document Type: Article

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