Identification and polymorphism discovery of the cathelicidins, Lf-CATHs in ranid amphibian (Limnonectes fragilis)

FEBS Journal

Volumn 280, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 6022-6032

  Yu, Haining ^a,b   Cai, Shasha ^a   Gao, Jiuxiang ^a   Zhang, Songyan ^a   Lu, Yiling ^a   Qiao, Xue ^a   Yang, Hailong ^d   Wang, Yipeng ^c  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

expression; gene cloning; ranid amphibian cathelicidin; structure and function; transcript levels

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; CYSTEINE; LF CATH1 PROTEIN; LF CATH2 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CATHELICIDIN GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LF CATH1 GENE; LF CATH2 GENE; LIMNONECTES FRAGILIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EXPRESSION; GENE CLONING; RANID AMPHIBIAN CATHELICIDIN; STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPT LEVELS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHELICIDINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RANIDAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMNONECTES FRAGILIS; MAMMALIA; RANIDAE;

EID: 84888287382     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.12521     Document Type: Article

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