The antimicrobial peptide histatin-5 causes a spatially restricted disruption on the Candida albicans surface, allowing rapid entry of the peptide into the cytoplasm

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Mochon, A Brian ^a   Liu, Haoping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTATIN 5; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; RHODAMINE B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; HISTATIN; HTN3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL VACUOLE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENDOCYTOSIS; HISTATINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VACUOLES;

EID: 55449131941     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000190     Document Type: Article

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