An amphibian-derived, cationic, α-helical antimicrobial peptide kills yeast by caspase-independent but AIF-dependent programmed cell death

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 494-507

  Morton, C Oliver ^a   Dos Santos, Sandra Costa ^b   Coote, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE; CASPASE YCA1P; DERMASEPTIN; DERMASEPTIN S3[1-16]; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN HTB2P; PROTEIN MRE11P; PROTEIN STM1P; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMPHIBIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DNA INTERACTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FROG; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE DELETION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHYLLOMEDUSA SAUVAGII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASES; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, FUNGAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; HYLIDAE; PHYLLOMEDUSA SAUVAGEI;

EID: 34447320461     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05801.x     Document Type: Article

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