Lucifensin, the long-sought antimicrobial factor of medicinal maggots of the blowfly Lucilia sericata

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-466

  Čeřovský, Václav ^a   Žďárek, Jan ^a   Fučík, Vladimír ^a   Monincová, Lenka ^a   Voburka, Zdeněk ^a   Bém, Robert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Insect defensin; Lucilia sericata; Maggot therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; LUCIFENSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLY; HUMAN; MAGGOT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEFENSINS; DIPTERA; LARVA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WOUND HEALING;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA (BLOWFLY); LUCILIA SERICATA;

EID: 75849150540     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0194-0     Document Type: Article

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