The mode of antifungal action of plant, insect and human defensins

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 2069-2079

  Aerts, A M ^a   Francois I E J A ^a   Cammue, B P A ^a   Thevissen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Defensin; Human; Insect; Mode of antifungal action; Plant

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; CYSTEINE; DEFENSIN; DNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN DMAMP1; PROTEIN HSAFP1; PROTEIN MSDEF1; PROTEIN MTDEF2; PROTEIN PSD1; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BARREL MEDIC; BINDING AFFINITY; DAHLIA; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HEUCHERA; HOST RESISTANCE; IC 50; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; MICROBIAL GROWTH; PEA; PLANT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEFENSINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 46449106628     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8035-0     Document Type: Review

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