Interactions of antifungal plant defensins with fungal membrane components

Peptides

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1705-1712

  Thevissen, Karin ^a   Ferket, Kathelijne K A ^a   François, Isabelle E J A ^a   Cammue, Bruno P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Glucosylceramide; Mode of action; Neurospora crassa; Pichia pastoris; Plant defensin; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sphingolipid

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEFENSIN; LIPID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOLIPID;

ALTERNARIA; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG MECHANISM; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; HEUCHERA; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; LIPID COMPOSITION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PICHIA PASTORIS; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PICHIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 1042278916     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2003.09.014     Document Type: Article

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