J. Michael Conlon

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Best Publications

• Cloning of the cDNA encoding the urotensin II precursor in frog and human reveals intense expression of the urotensin II gene in motoneurons of the spinal cord

  Yolaine Coulouarn;Isabelle Lihrmann;Sylvie Jegou;Youssef Anouar

  583
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• Antimicrobial peptides from ranid frogs: taxonomic and phylogenetic markers and a potential source of new therapeutic agents.

  J.Michael Conlon;Jolanta Kolodziejek;Norbert Nowotny;Norbert Nowotny

  525
  Citations

• Primary structure and biological activity of a third gonadotropin-releasing hormone from lamprey brain.

  S. A. Sower;Yueh-Chin Chiang;S. Lovas;J. M. Conlon

  302
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• Antimicrobial peptide defenses against chytridiomycosis, an emerging infectious disease of amphibian populations

  Louise A. Rollins-Smith;J. Michael Conlon

  231
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• Activity of antimicrobial skin peptides from ranid frogs against Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, the chytrid fungus associated with global amphibian declines

  Louise A Rollins-Smith;Cynthia Carey;Joyce Longcore;Jennifer K Doersam

  223
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• Effects of chytrid and carbaryl exposure on survival, growth and skin peptide defenses in foothill yellow-legged frogs.

  Carlos Davidson;Michael F. Benard;H. Bradley Shaffer;John M. Parker

  218
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• Potential therapeutic applications of multifunctional host-defense peptides from frog skin as anti-cancer, anti-viral, immunomodulatory, and anti-diabetic agents

  J. Michael Conlon;J. Michael Conlon;Milena Mechkarska;Miodrag L. Lukic;Peter R. Flatt

  212
  Citations

• Structural diversity and species distribution of host-defense peptides in frog skin secretions

  J. Michael Conlon

  204
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• Peptides with antimicrobial activity from four different families isolated from the skins of the North American frogs Rana luteiventris, Rana berlandieri and Rana pipiens.

  Jadvinder Goraya;Yuqi Wang;Zhihong Li;Martina O'Flaherty

  203
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• Antimicrobial Peptides from Amphibian Skin Potently Inhibit Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Transfer of Virus from Dendritic Cells to T Cells

  Scott E. VanCompernolle;R. Jeffery Taylor;Kyra Oswald-Richter;Jiyang Jiang

  200
  Citations

• The contribution of skin antimicrobial peptides to the system of innate immunity in anurans

  J. Michael Conlon

  174
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• Measurements of somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in plasma

  Virginia Harris;J.Michael Conlon;Coimbatore B. Srikant;Kay McCorkle

  172
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• Multiple antimicrobial peptides and peptides related to bradykinin and neuromedin N isolated from skin secretions of the pickerel frog, Rana palustris.

  Yousef J. Basir;Floyd C. Knoop;Joseph Dulka;J.Michael Conlon

  170
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• Reflections on a systematic nomenclature for antimicrobial peptides from the skins of frogs of the family Ranidae.

  J. Michael Conlon

  168
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• Scyliorhinin I and II: two novel tachykinins from dogfish gut

  J.Michael Conlon;Carolyn F. Deacon;Liam O'Toole;Lars Thim

  166
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• Antimicrobial peptides from the skins of North American frogs

  J. Michael Conlon;Jolanta Kolodziejek;Jolanta Kolodziejek;Norbert Nowotny

  163
  Citations

• Primary structure of frog pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) and effects of ovine PACAP on frog pituitary

  Nicolas Chartrel;Marie-Christine Tonon;Hubert Vaudry;J. Michael Conlon

  159
  Citations

• Somatostatin- and urotensin II-related peptides: molecular diversity and evolutionary perspectives

  J.Michael Conlon;Herve Tostivint;Hubert Vaudry

  159
  Citations

• Strategies for transformation of naturally-occurring amphibian antimicrobial peptides into therapeutically valuable anti-infective agents.

  J. Michael Conlon;Nadia Al-Ghaferi;Bency Abraham;Jérôme Leprince

  158
  Citations

• Ranatuerins: Antimicrobial Peptides Isolated from the Skin of the American Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana

  Jadvinder Goraya;Floyd C. Knoop;J.Michael Conlon

  149
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