Host-defense peptides from skin secretions of Fraser's clawed frog Xenopus fraseri (Pipidae): Further insight into the evolutionary history of the Xenopodinae

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-52

  Conlon, J Michael ^a   Mechkarska, Milena ^a   Kolodziejek, Jolanta ^b   Nowotny, Norbert ^b,c   Coquet, Laurent ^d,e   Leprince, Jérôme ^e   Jouenne, Thierry ^d,e   Vaudry, Hubert ^e  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Caerulein precursor fragment; Frog skin; Host defense peptide; Magainin; PGLa

Indexed keywords

CAERULEIN PRECURSOR FRAGMENT RELATED PEPTIDE; MAGAININ 1; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENOPSIN; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PIPIDAE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN SECRETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; MAGAININS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SKIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84908459860     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: 18780407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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