Antimicrobial peptides as potential new antifungals

Mycoses, Supplement

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-82

  Müller, Frank Michael C ^b   Lyman, C A ^a   Walsh, T J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antimicrobial activity; Host defense; Peptides; Synthetic derivatives

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; CECROPIN A; CECROPIN B; DEFENSIN; DERMASEPTIN; HISTATIN; INDOLICIDIN; LACTOFERRIN; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; MYCOPREX; PROTEGRIN; RECOMBINANT BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; THIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY;

AMPHIBIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0342369486     PISSN: 09437312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.1999.tb00018.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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