Research Article

Balteatide: A Novel Antimicrobial Decapeptide from the Skin Secretion of the Purple-Sided Leaf Frog, Phyllomedusa baltea

Figure 3

(a) Alignment of the nucleotide sequences of cDNAs encoding balteatide and sauvatide precursors. Identical bases in both are back-shaded in black. (b) Alignment of translated open-reading frame amino acid sequences of balteatide and sauvatide precursors. Sites of amino acid residue differences are indicated by asterisks.
176214.fig.003a
(a)
176214.fig.003b
(b)