Avian antimicrobial host defense peptides: From biology to therapeutic applications

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 220-247

  Zhang, Guolong ^a   Sunkara, Lakshmi T ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic alternatives; Antimicrobial resistance; Chicken; Host defense peptides

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN 1; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; OVODEFENSIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BETA SHEET; BIRD; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 84896343984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph7030220     Document Type: Review

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