Volume 40, Issue 1

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January 2011

Peptides as Toxins/Defensins

Issue Editor:

Mario Sergio Palma

23 articles in this issue

Peptides as toxins/defensins
Mario Sergio Palma
Editorial 24 August 2010 Pages: 1 - 4
Expression systems of human β-defensins: vectors, purification and biological activities
L. L. Corrales-Garcia
L. D. Possani
G. Corzo
Review Article 20 March 2010 Pages: 5 - 13
Venomics: a new paradigm for natural products-based drug discovery
Irina Vetter
Jasmine L. Davis
Glenn F. King
Review Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 15 - 28
Antimicrobial peptides from Phyllomedusa frogs: from biomolecular diversity to potential nanotechnologic medical applications
Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon
Alexandre de Almeida E. Silva
Rodrigo Guerino Stábeli
Review Article 05 June 2010 Pages: 29 - 49
Anti-proliferative and cytotoxic activity of pentadactylin isolated from Leptodactylus labyrinthicus on melanoma cells
Michelle S. Libério
Graziella A. Joanitti
Mariana S. Castro
Original Article 11 December 2009 Pages: 51 - 59
Amino acid substitutions in an alpha-helical antimicrobial arachnid peptide affect its chemical properties and biological activity towards pathogenic bacteria but improves its therapeutic index
A. Rodríguez
E. Villegas
Gerardo Corzo
Original Article 24 December 2009 Pages: 61 - 68
Cupiennin 1a exhibits a remarkably broad, non-stereospecific cytolytic activity on bacteria, protozoan parasites, insects, and human cancer cells
Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig
Jean Willems
Wolfgang Nentwig
Original Article 07 February 2010 Pages: 69 - 76
Investigating the effect of different positioning of lysine residues along the peptide chain of mastoparans for their secondary structures and biological activities
Bibiana Monson de Souza
Marcia Perez dos Santos Cabrera
Mario Sergio Palma
Original Article 28 January 2010 Pages: 77 - 90
The effect of acidic residues and amphipathicity on the lytic activities of mastoparan peptides studied by fluorescence and CD spectroscopy
Natália Bueno Leite
Laiana Cristina da Costa
João Ruggiero Neto
Original Article 01 March 2010 Pages: 91 - 100
Hyperalgesic and edematogenic effects of peptides isolated from the venoms of honeybee (Apis mellifera) and neotropical social wasps (Polybia paulista and Protonectarina sylveirae)
P. Brigatte
Y. Cury
Mario Sérgio Palma
Original Article 24 February 2010 Pages: 101 - 111
Peptidomic analysis of the skin secretions of the frog Pachymedusa dacnicolor
Erika P. Meneses
Oscar Villa-Hernández
Cesar Vicente Ferreira Batista
Original article 30 March 2010 Pages: 113 - 122
The structural parameters for antimicrobial activity, human epithelial cell cytotoxicity and killing mechanism of synthetic monomer and dimer analogues derived from hBD3 C-terminal region
L. Zhou
S. P. Liu
R. W. Beuerman
Original Article 17 April 2010 Pages: 123 - 133
Labaditin, a cyclic peptide with rich biotechnological potential: preliminary toxicological studies and structural changes in water and lipid membrane environment
S. C. Barbosa
E. M. Cilli
P. Ciancaglini
Original Article 19 June 2010 Pages: 135 - 144
High-abundance proteins depletion for serum proteomic analysis: concomitant removal of non-targeted proteins
Elisa Bellei
Stefania Bergamini
Aldo Tomasi
Original Article 22 May 2010 Pages: 145 - 156
Differential effects of long-term leucine infusion on tissue protein synthesis in neonatal pigs
Fiona A. Wilson
Agus Suryawan
Teresa A. Davis
Original Article 27 May 2010 Pages: 157 - 165
Favored and disfavored pathways of protein crosslinking by glucose: glucose lysine dimer (GLUCOLD) and crossline versus glucosepane
Ina Nemet
Christopher M. Strauch
Vincent M. Monnier
Original Article 04 July 2010 Pages: 167 - 181
C-terminal amidation of PMAP-23: translocation to the inner membrane of Gram-negative bacteria
Jin-Young Kim
Seong-Cheol Park
Yoonkyung Park
Original Article 30 May 2010 Pages: 183 - 195
Synthesis of potentially bioactive PABA-related N-(aminoalkyl)lactamic amino acids and esters via selective S_NAr reactions
Renato S. Gonçalves
Patrícia V. Abdelnur
Eduardo R. Pérez González
Original Article 30 May 2010 Pages: 197 - 204
Adsorption of cysteine on hematite, magnetite and ferrihydrite: FT-IR, Mössbauer, EPR spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry studies
Alessandra P. Vieira
Graciele Berndt
Dimas A. M. Zaia
Original Article 04 June 2010 Pages: 205 - 214
Preparation of optically active β-hydroxy-α-amino acid by immobilized Escherichia coli cells with serine hydroxymethyl transferase activity
Gen-Hai Zhao
Hui Li
Qing-Cai Jiao
Original Article 01 June 2010 Pages: 215 - 220
Characterization, using comparative proteomics, of differentially expressed proteins in the hippocampus of the mesial temporal lobe of epileptic rats following treatment with valproate
Liwen Wu
Jing Peng
Fei Yin
Original Article 04 June 2010 Pages: 221 - 238
Identification of RNA-binding sites in proteins by integrating various sequence information
Cui-cui Wang
Yaping Fang
Menglong Li
Original Article 12 June 2010 Pages: 239 - 248
Chronic treatment with zinc and antidepressants induces enhancement of presynaptic/extracellular zinc concentration in the rat prefrontal cortex
Magdalena Sowa-Kućma
Magdalena Kowalska
Gabriel Nowak
Original Article Open access 09 June 2010 Pages: 249 - 258

Volume 40, Issue 1

Peptides as toxins/defensins

Expression systems of human β-defensins: vectors, purification and biological activities

Venomics: a new paradigm for natural products-based drug discovery

Antimicrobial peptides from Phyllomedusa frogs: from biomolecular diversity to potential nanotechnologic medical applications

Anti-proliferative and cytotoxic activity of pentadactylin isolated from Leptodactylus labyrinthicus on melanoma cells

Amino acid substitutions in an alpha-helical antimicrobial arachnid peptide affect its chemical properties and biological activity towards pathogenic bacteria but improves its therapeutic index

Cupiennin 1a exhibits a remarkably broad, non-stereospecific cytolytic activity on bacteria, protozoan parasites, insects, and human cancer cells

Investigating the effect of different positioning of lysine residues along the peptide chain of mastoparans for their secondary structures and biological activities

The effect of acidic residues and amphipathicity on the lytic activities of mastoparan peptides studied by fluorescence and CD spectroscopy

Hyperalgesic and edematogenic effects of peptides isolated from the venoms of honeybee (Apis mellifera) and neotropical social wasps (Polybia paulista and Protonectarina sylveirae)

Peptidomic analysis of the skin secretions of the frog Pachymedusa dacnicolor

The structural parameters for antimicrobial activity, human epithelial cell cytotoxicity and killing mechanism of synthetic monomer and dimer analogues derived from hBD3 C-terminal region

Labaditin, a cyclic peptide with rich biotechnological potential: preliminary toxicological studies and structural changes in water and lipid membrane environment

High-abundance proteins depletion for serum proteomic analysis: concomitant removal of non-targeted proteins

Differential effects of long-term leucine infusion on tissue protein synthesis in neonatal pigs

Favored and disfavored pathways of protein crosslinking by glucose: glucose lysine dimer (GLUCOLD) and crossline versus glucosepane

C-terminal amidation of PMAP-23: translocation to the inner membrane of Gram-negative bacteria

Synthesis of potentially bioactive PABA-related N-(aminoalkyl)lactamic amino acids and esters via selective S_NAr reactions

Adsorption of cysteine on hematite, magnetite and ferrihydrite: FT-IR, Mössbauer, EPR spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry studies

Preparation of optically active β-hydroxy-α-amino acid by immobilized Escherichia coli cells with serine hydroxymethyl transferase activity

Characterization, using comparative proteomics, of differentially expressed proteins in the hippocampus of the mesial temporal lobe of epileptic rats following treatment with valproate

Identification of RNA-binding sites in proteins by integrating various sequence information

Chronic treatment with zinc and antidepressants induces enhancement of presynaptic/extracellular zinc concentration in the rat prefrontal cortex

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