Leishmania donovani: Thionins, plant antimicrobial peptides with leishmanicidal activity

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-249

  Berrocal Lobo, Marta ^a,b   Molina, Antonio ^b   Rodríguez Palenzuela, Pablo ^b   García Olmedo, Francisco ^b   Rivas, Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Defensin; Leishmania; Lipid transfer protein; Plant antimicrobial peptide; Snakin; Thionin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEFENSIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THIONINE;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

HORDEUM; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67349090340     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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