Antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the Japanese mountain brown frog, Rana ornativentris
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chemical Biology & Drug Design
- Vol. 58 (5) , 349-356
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3011.2001.00947.x
Abstract
Six peptides with antimicrobial activity were isolated from an extract of freeze‐dried skin of the Japanese mountain brown frog Rana ornativentris. Two structurally related peptides (brevin...Keywords
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