Inhibitory effect of short cationic homopeptides against Gram-positive bacteria

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 792-800

  Guzmán, Fanny ^a,b   Marshall, Sergio ^a,b   Ojeda, Claudia ^a,b   Albericio, Fernando ^c,d,e   Carvajal Rondanelli, Patricio ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antibacterial peptides; Arg; cationic homopeptides; Gram positive bacteria; Lys; polyproline II helix

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; LIPOSOME; LYSINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROLINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

ANTIBACTERIAL PEPTIDES; ARG; CATIONIC HOMOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LYS; POLYPROLINE II HELIX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATIONS; CELL LINE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; LIPOSOMES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; POLYLYSINE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SALMON; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84888050522     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.2578     Document Type: Article

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