Drosophila cecropin as an antifungal agent

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 965-972

  Ekengren, Sophia ^a,b   Hultmark, Dan ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptides; Cecropin; Fungi; Insect immunity

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CECROPIN A; CECROPIN B; FUNGICIDE; INSECT HORMONE; INSECT PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DROSOPHILA; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM; IMMUNITY; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DROSOPHILA; INSECT HORMONES; INSECT PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033231380     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(99)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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