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Design of potent, non-toxic antimicrobial agents based upon the naturally occurring frog skin peptides, ascaphin-8 and peptide XT-7.

A novel family of antimicrobial peptides from the skin of Amolops loloensis.

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

Brevinin-2R(1) semi-selectively kills cancer cells by a distinct mechanism, which involves the lysosomal-mitochondrial death pathway.

Inhibition of Bufo arenarum oocyte maturation induced by cholesterol depletion by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin. Role of low-density caveolae-like membranes.

Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding atypical antimicrobial and cytotoxic Brevinin-1Ja from the skin of the Japanese brown frog, Rana japonica.

PCR-based gene synthesis, molecular cloning, high level expression, purification, and characterization of novel antimicrobial peptide, brevinin-2R, in Escherichia coli.

Allosteric ligands for the corticotropin releasing factor type 1 receptor modulate conformational states involved in receptor activation.

Oxidation versus carboxamidomethylation of S-S bond in ranid frog peptides: pro and contra for de novo MALDI-MS sequencing.

In vitro activity of dermaseptin S4 derivatives against genital infections pathogens

[nAG, a molecular clue for nerve dependence of regeneration]

Insulin-releasing properties of the frog skin peptide pseudin-2 and its [Lys18]-substituted analogue.

Expression, binding, and signaling properties of CRF2(a) receptors endogenously expressed in human retinoblastoma Y79 cells: passage-dependent regulation of functional receptors.

The first antimicrobial peptide from sea amphibian.

Gene expression reveals unique skeletal patterning in the limb of the direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui.

Characterization of a hemolytic protein, identified as histone H4, from the skin of the Japanese tree frog Hyla japonica (Hylidae).

Comparative analysis of the bactericidal activities of amphibian peptide analogues against multidrug-resistant nosocomial bacterial strains.

Activities of the frog skin peptide, ascaphin-8 and its lysine-substituted analogs against clinical isolates of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing bacteria.

[Role of acetylcholine in the Ca2+-dependent regulation of functional activity of myocardium of frog Rana temporaria].

In vitro spermicidal activity of peptides from amphibian skin: dermaseptin S4 and derivatives.