The structure of antimicrobial pexiganan
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Ganesh Shanmugam; Prasad L. Polavarapu; D. Gopinath; R. Jayakumar
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Article
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2005
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Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
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English
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## Abstract Pexiganan (Gly–Ile–Gly–Lys–Phe–Leu–Lys–Lys–Ala–Lys–Lys–Phe–Gly–Lys–Ala–Phe–Val–Lys–Ile–Leu–Lys–Lys), a 22 amino acid peptide, is an analogue of the magainin family of antimicrobial peptides present in the skin of the African clawed frog. Conformational analysis of pexiganan was carried