Antifungal activity of synthetic peptide derived from halocidin, antimicrobial peptide from the tunicate, Halocynthia aurantium

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1490-1496

  Jang, Woong Sik ^a   Kim, Hong Ki ^a   Lee, Ki Young ^a   Kim, Sun Am ^b   Han, Yeon Soo ^b   Lee, In Hee ^a  

^a Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antimicrobial peptide; Di K19Hc; Halocidin; Mode of candidacidal action

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; HALOCIDIN; ION CHANNEL; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL DEATH; CELL WALL; CHORDATA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DEATH; DRUG ISOLATION; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; HALOCYNTHIA AURANTIUM; MEMBRANE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONITORING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS; BETA-GLUCANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ION CHANNELS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PEPTIDES; UROCHORDATA;

ASPERGILLUS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHORDATA; FUNGI; HALOCYNTHIA AURANTIUM;

EID: 32344443212     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.041     Document Type: Article

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