Hydrophobic determinants of α-defensin bactericidal activity

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2195-2202

  Tai, Kenneth P ^a   Le, Valerie V ^a   Selsted, Michael E ^a   Ouellette, André J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; DISULFIDE; RHESUS MYELOID ALPHA DEFENSIN 4; RHESUS MYELOID ALPHA DEFENSIN 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MACACA; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; RHESUS MONKEY;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84900450913     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01414-13     Document Type: Article

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