Antimicrobial peptides in reptiles

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 723-753

  van Hoek, Monique L ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antimicrobial peptides; Biofilm; Broad spectrum; Gram negative; Gram positive; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 1; CATHELICIDIN; CROTAMINE; DEFENSIN; HEMOCIDIN; HEPCIDIN; LEUCROCIN; LIVER EXPRESSED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 2; LYSOZYME; OMWAPRIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BIOINFORMATICS; BUNGARUS; BUNGARUS (B.) FASCIATUS; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHRYSEMYS PICTA BELLII; CROCODILE; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; CROCODYLUS SIAMESNSIS; DISULFIDE BOND; GAVIALIS GANGETICUS; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INNATE IMMUNITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAJA; NAJA (N.) ATRA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHIOPHAGUS (O.) HANNAH; PELODISCUS SINENSIS; PYTHON BIVITTATUS; REPTILE; REVIEW; SPHENODON; SPHENODON GUNTHERI; SPHENODON PUNCTATUS; SQUAMATE; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; TURTLE;

EID: 84902329275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph7060723     Document Type: Review

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