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| Conlon, J.M., Mechkarska, M., Coquet, L., Jouenne, T., Leprince, J., Vaudry, H., Kolodziejek, J., Nowotny, N., and King, J.D. 2011b. Characterization of antimicrobial peptides in skin secretions from discrete populations of Lithobates chiricahuensis (Ranidae) from central and southern Arizona. Peptides. 32:664-669. |
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| Mechkarska, M., Ojo, O.O., Meetani, M A., Coquet, L., Jouenne, T., Abdel-Wahab, Y.H., Flatt, P.R., King, J.D., and Conlon, J.M. 2011a. Peptidomic analysis of skin secretions from the bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus (Ranidae) identifies multiple peptides with potent insulin- releasing activity. Peptides. 32:203-208. |
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| Conlon, J.M., Coquet, L., Leprince, J., Jouenne, T., Vaudry, H., and King, J.D. 2010a. Primary structures of skin antimicrobial peptides indicate a close, but not conspecific, phylogenetic relationship between the leopard frogs Lithobates onca and Lithobates yavapaiensis (Ranidae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 151:313-317. |
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| Hasunuma, I., Iwamuro, S., Kobayashi, T., Shirama, K., Conlon, J. M., and Kikuyama, S. 2010. Expression of genes encoding antimicrobial peptides in the Harderian gland of the bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 152:301-305. |
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| Conlon, J.M., Ahmed, E., Coquet, L., Jouenne, T., Leprince, J., Vaudry, H., and King, J.D. 2009c. Peptides with potent cytolytic activity from the skin secretions of the North American leopard frogs, Lithobates blairi and Lithobates yavapaiensis. Toxicon. 53:699-705. |
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| Conlon, J.M., Raza, H., Coquet, L., Jouenne, T., Leprince, J., Vaudry, H., and King, J.D. 2009b. Purification of peptides with differential cytolytic activities from the skin secretions of the Central American frog, Lithobates vaillanti (Ranidae). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 150:150-154. |
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| Conlon, J.M., Meetani, M.A., Coquet, L., Jouenne, T., Leprince, J., Vaudry, H., Kolodziejek, J., Nowotny, N., and King, J.D. 2009a. Antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the New World frogs Lithobates capito and Lithobates warszewitschii (Ranidae). Peptides. 30:1775-1781. |
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| Tennessen, J.A., and Blouin, M.S. 2008. Balancing selection at a frog antimicrobial peptide locus: fluctuating immune effector alleles? Mol. Biol. Evol. 25:2669-2680. |
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| Conlon, J.M., Coquet, L., Leprince, J., Ouenne, T., Vaudry, H., Kolodziejek, J., Nowotny, N., Bevier, C.R., and Moler, P.E. 2007c. Peptidomic analysis of skin secretions from Rana heckscheri and Rana okaloosae provides insight into phylogenetic relationships among frogs of the aquarana species group. Regul. Pept. 138:87. |
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| Tennessen, J.A., and Blouin, M.S. 2007. Selection for antimicrobial peptide diversity in frogs leads to gene duplication and low allelic variation. J. Mol. Evol. 65:605. |
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| Conlon, J.M., Abraham, B., Sonnevend, A., Jouenne, T., Cosette, P., Leprince, J., Vaudry, H., and Bevier, C.R. 2005d. Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the carpenter frog Rana virgatipes (Ranidae, Aquarana). Regul. Pept. 131:38-45. |
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| Bevier, C.R., Sonnevend, A., Kolodziejek, J., Nowotny, N., Nielsen, P.F., and Conlon, J.M. 2004. Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin secretions of the mink frog (Rana septentrionalis). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 139:31-38. |
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| Vanhoye, D., Bruston, F., Nicolas, P., and Amiche, M. 2003. Antimicrobial peptides from hylid and ranin frogs originated from a 150-million-year-old ancestral precursor with a conserved signal peptide but a hypermutable antimicrobial domain. Eur. J. Biochem. 270:2068. |
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| Ali, M.F., Lips, K.R., Knoop, F.C., Fritzsch, B., Miller, C., and Conlon, J.M. 2002. Antimicrobial peptides and protease inhibitors in the skin secretions of the crawfish frog, Rana areolate. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1601:55-63. |
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| Rollins-Smith, L.A.; Reinert, L.K., Miera, V., and Conlon, J.M. 2002. Antimicrobial peptide defenses of the Tarahumara frog, Rana tarahumarae. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 297:361-367. |
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| Matutte, B., Storey, K.B., Knoop, F.C., and Conlon, J.M. 2000a. Induction of synthesis of an antimicrobial peptide in the skin of the freeze-tolerant frog, Rana sylvatica, in response to environmental stimuli. FEBS Lett. 483:135-138. |
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| Goraya, J., Wang, Y., Li, Z., O’Flaherty, M., Knoop, F.C., Platz, J.E., and Conlon, J.M. 2000. Peptides with antimicrobial activity from four different families isolated from the skins of the North American frogs Rana luteiventris, Rana berlandieri and Rana pipiens. Eur. J. Biochem. 267:894-900. |
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| Halverson, T., Basir, Y.J., Knoop, F.C., and Conlon, J.M. 2000. Purification and characterization of antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the North American green frog Rana clamitans. Peptides. 21:469-476. |
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| Kim, J.B., Halverson, T., Basir, Y.J., Dulka, J., Knoop, F.C., Abel, P.W., and Conlon, J.M. 2000. Purification and characterization of antimicrobial and vasorelaxant peptides from skin extracts and skin secretions of the North American pig frog Rana grylio. Regul. Pept. 90:53-60. |
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| Conlon, J.M., Halverson, T., Dulka, J., Platz, J. E., and Knoop, F.C. 1999. Peptides with antimicrobial activity of the brevinin-1 family isolated from skin secretions of the southern leopard frog, Rana sphenocephala. J. Pept. Res. 54:522-527. |
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