Cathelicidins from the bullfrog Rana catesbeiana provides novel template for peptide antibiotic design

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ling, Guiying ^d   Gao, Jiuxiang ^b   Zhang, Shumin ^c   Xie, Zeping ^c   Wei, Lin ^a   Yu, Haining ^b   Wang, Yipeng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUIZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN RC1; CATHELICIDIN RC2; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEROPENEM; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CODE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEMOLYSIS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROSTATE CANCER CELL LINE; SALT TOLERANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMOSTABILITY; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CATHELICIDINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DRUG DESIGN; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RANA CATESBEIANA; SALT-TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84899877398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093216     Document Type: Article

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