Fusion of fungicidal peptide dhvar4 to enterococcal peptide pheromone increases its bactericidal activity against Enterococcus faecalis

Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 220-224

  Lu, Xiaofeng ^a   Wan, Lin ^a   Yang, Hao ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Li, Shengfu ^a   Kang, Mei ^a   Li, Youping ^a   Cheng, Jingqiu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptide; Antifungal peptide; Peptide pheromone; Pore forming peptide

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33751053997     PISSN: 17470277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2006.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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