Antifungal activity of synthetic 15-mer peptides based on the Rs-AFP2 (Raphanus sativus antifungal protein 2) sequence

Peptide Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 262-268

  De Samblanx, G W ^a,b   Fernandez Del Carmen, A ^a,d   Sijtsma, L ^a,c   Plasman, H H ^a,b   Schaaper, W M M ^a,b   Posthuma, G A ^a,b   Fant, F ^a,b   Meloen, R H ^a,b   Broekaert, W F ^a,b   Van Amerongen, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ID DLO Lelystad ^*  (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; CYCLOPEPTIDE; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; POTASSIUM; RSAFP2 PROTEIN, RAPHANUS SATIVUS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CALCIUM; DEFENSINS; FUNGI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PLANT PROTEINS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

FUNGI; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0030292065     PISSN: 10405704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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