Honey glycoproteins containing antimicrobial peptides, jelleins of the Major Royal Jelly Protein 1, are responsible for the cell wall lytic and bactericidal activities of honey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Brudzynski, Katrina ^a   Sjaarda, Calvin ^a  

^a Bee Biomedicals Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN G207; GLYCOPROTEIN G207D; GLYCOPROTEIN G208; GLYCOPROTEIN G208D; JELLEIN; JELLEIN 1; JELLEIN 2; JELLEIN 4; MAJOR ROYAL JELLY PROTEIN 1; MANNOSE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LECTIN; PEPTIDE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SHAPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HONEY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHEROPLAST; ANIMAL; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GLYCOSYLATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCOPROTEINS; GLYCOSYLATION; HONEY; KINETICS; LECTINS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PEPTIDES; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84927143009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120238     Document Type: Article

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