Fungicidal and binding properties of the natural peptides cecropin B and dermaseptin

Medical Mycology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 291-298

  De Lucca, A J ^a   Bland, J M ^a   Jacks, T J ^a   Grimm, C ^a   Walsh, T J ^b  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cecropin B; Conidia; Dermaseptin; Fungicidal; Peptides

Indexed keywords

CECROPIN B; DERMASEPTIN; FUNGICIDE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUSARIUM MONILIFORME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; ASPERGILLUS; BETA-GLUCANS; CHITIN; CHOLESTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; GLUCANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES;

ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI;

EID: 0031646792     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1998.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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