title: Midkine and pleiotrophin have bactericidal properties: preserved antibacterial activity in a family of heparin-binding growth factors during evolution.
authors.affiliation: Section for Respiratory Medicine & Allergology, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University, University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Sara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Svensson
authors.forename: Mukesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasupuleti
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walse
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malmsten
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mörgelin
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sjögren
authors.forename: Anders I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Olin
authors.forename: Mattias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collin
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidtchen
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Egesten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D000078792:Midkine; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D014982:Xenopus laevis; D015027:Zebrafish
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; C066254:MDK protein, human; C514348:Miple2 protein, Drosophila; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; C066845:pleiotrophin; D000078792:Midkine