The secretion of the skin glands of the 'orange-thighed frog' Litoria xanthomera contains seven peptides. One of these is the know hypotensive peptide caerulein. Two new peptides, caerin 1.6 [GLFSVLGAVAKHVLPHVVPVIAEKL(NH2)], and caerin 1.7 [GLFKVLGSVAKHLLPHVAPVIAEKL(NH2)] show antibacterial properti
New antibiotic caerin 1 peptides from the skin secretion of the Australian tree frog Litoria chloris. Comparison of the activities of the caerin 1 peptides from the genus Litoria
โ Scribed by STEINBORNER, SIMON T. ;CURRIE, GRAEME J. ;BOWIE, JOHN H. ;WALLACE, JOHN C. ;TYLER, MICHAEL J.
- Book ID
- 110893656
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 517 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1397-002X
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