A novel antimicrobial peptide, Ranatuerin-2PLx, showing therapeutic potential in inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells

Identification and target-modifications of temporin-PE: A novel antimicrobial peptide in the defensive skin secretions of the edible frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus

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Targeted Modification of a Novel Amphibian Antimicrobial Peptide from Phyllomedusa tarsius to Enhance Its Activity against MRSA and Microbial Biofilm

(2017) Yitian Gao et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antimicrobial Peptides As Biologic and Immunotherapeutic Agents against Cancer: A Comprehensive Overview

(2017) Raheleh Roudi et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

The Chemistry and Biological Activities of Peptides from Amphibian Skin Secretions

(2015) Xueqing Xu et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Predicting the Minimal Inhibitory Concentration for Antimicrobial Peptides with Rana-Box Domain

(2015) Mara Kozić et al.   Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

The diversity and evolution of anuran skin peptides

(2015) Enrico König et al.   PEPTIDES

Structure-Activity Relationship and Mode of Action of a Frog Secreted Antibacterial Peptide B1CTcu5 Using Synthetically and Modularly Modified or Deleted (SMMD) Peptides

(2015) Parvin Abraham et al.   PLoS One

Host defense peptides from Lithobates forreri, Hylarana luctuosa, and Hylarana signata (Ranidae): Phylogenetic relationships inferred from primary structures of ranatuerin-2 and brevinin-2 peptides

(2014) J. Michael Conlon et al.   Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics

Potential therapeutic applications of multifunctional host-defense peptides from frog skin as anti-cancer, anti-viral, immunomodulatory, and anti-diabetic agents

(2014) J. Michael Conlon et al.   PEPTIDES

Antibiotic development challenges: the various mechanisms of action of antimicrobial peptides and of bacterial resistance

(2013) Fernanda Guilhelmelli et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

From antimicrobial to anticancer peptides. A review

(2013) Diana Gaspar et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antimicrobial/cytolytic peptides from the venom of the North African scorpion, Androctonus amoreuxi: Biochemical and functional characterization of natural peptides and a single site-substituted analog

(2012) Ammar Almaaytah et al.   PEPTIDES

Antitumor and Angiostatic Activities of the Antimicrobial Peptide Dermaseptin B2

(2012) Hanneke van Zoggel et al.   PLoS One

Studies on Mechanism of Action of Anticancer Peptides by Modulation of Hydrophobicity Within a Defined Structural Framework

(2011) Y.-b. Huang et al.   MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS

Surface Charge: A Key Determinant of Protein Localization and Function

(2010) N. M. Goldenberg et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

A revised leopard frog phylogeny allows a more detailed examination of adaptive evolution at ranatuerin-2 antimicrobial peptide loci

(2010) Jacob A. Tennessen et al.   IMMUNOGENETICS

Cullin3-Based Polyubiquitination and p62-Dependent Aggregation of Caspase-8 Mediate Extrinsic Apoptosis Signaling

(2009) Zhaoyu Jin et al.   CELL

Differential expression of genes encoding preprobrevinin-2, prepropalustrin-2, and preproranatuerin-2 in developing larvae and adult tissues of the mountain brown frog Rana ornativentris

(2009) Aya Ohnuma et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

Cationic amphiphilic peptides with cancer-selective toxicity

(2009) Frank Schweizer   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Esculentin 1-21: a linear antimicrobial peptide from frog skin with inhibitory effect on bovine mastitis-causing bacteria

(2009) Alfonso Enrique Islas-Rodrìguez et al.   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Control of cell selectivity of antimicrobial peptides

(2008) Katsumi Matsuzaki   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Conformational analysis of the broad-spectrum antibacterial peptide, ranatuerin-2CSa: Identification of a full length helix–turn–helix motif

(2008) Anusha P. Subasinghage et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS

APD2: the updated antimicrobial peptide database and its application in peptide design

(2008) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Studies on anticancer activities of antimicrobial peptides

(2007) David W. Hoskin et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES