Figainin 1, a Novel Amphibian Skin Peptide with Antimicrobial and Antiproliferative Properties

Autor: Carlos José Correia Santana, Ana Carolina Martins Magalhães, Agenor C. M. dos Santos Júnior, Carlos André Ornelas Ricart, Beatriz D. Lima, Alice da Cunha Morales Álvares, Sonia Maria de Freitas, Osmindo Rodrigues Pires, Wagner Fontes, Mariana S. Castro

Publikováno v: Antibiotics, Vol 9, Iss 9, p 625 (2020)

Amphibian skin secretions are abundant in bioactive compounds, especially antimicrobial peptides. These molecules are generally cationic and rich in hydrophobic amino acids, have an amphipathic structure and adopt an α-helical conformation when in c

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Biological Properties of a Novel Multifunctional Host Defense Peptide from the Skin Secretion of the Chaco Tree Frog, Boana raniceps.

Autor: Santana, Carlos José Correia^1,2 (AUTHOR) agenor.unb@gmail.com, Magalhães, Ana Carolina Martins¹ (AUTHOR) bioana.11@gmail.com, Prías-Márquez, César Augusto^1,2 (AUTHOR) caprias@gmail.com, Falico, Diego A.^1,2 (AUTHOR) dialefalico@gmail.com, dos Santos Júnior, Agenor C. M.^2,3 (AUTHOR) beatrizdolabela@unb.br, Lima, Beatriz D.³ (AUTHOR), Ricart, Carlos André Ornelas² (AUTHOR), de Pilger, Denise Regina Bairros⁴ (AUTHOR) denise.pilger@gmail.com, Bonotto, Rafaela Milan⁴ (AUTHOR) rafaela.bonotto@yahoo.com, Moraes, Carolina Borsoi⁴ (AUTHOR) carolinaborsoi@gmail.com, Freitas-Júnior, Lúcio H.⁴ (AUTHOR) luciofreitasjunior@gmail.com, Álvares, Alice da Cunha Morales⁵ (AUTHOR) pharmalice@gmail.com, Freitas, Sonia Maria⁵ (AUTHOR) nina@unb.br, Luz, Isabelle S.² (AUTHOR), Pires Jr., Osmindo Rodrigues¹ (AUTHOR) osmindo@unb.br, Fontes, Wagner² (AUTHOR), Castro, Mariana S.^1,2 (AUTHOR) mscastro@unb.br

Publikováno v: Biomolecules (2218-273X). May2020, Vol. 10 Issue 5, p790. 1p.