Trypanosoma cruzi: Synergistic cytotoxicity of multiple amphipathic anti-microbial peptides to T. cruzi and potential bacterial hosts

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 342-347

  Fieck, Annabeth ^a   Hurwitz, Ivy ^a   Kang, Angray S ^b   Durvasula, Ravi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti microbial peptides; Chagas disease; Fractional inhibitory concentration index (FIC); Lethal concentration 100 (LC100); Minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC); Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC); Paratransgenesis; Rhodnius prolixus; Rhodococcus rhodnii; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

APIDAECIN; CECROPIN A; MAGAININ 2; MELITTIN; MORICIN; PENAEIDIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLEARANCE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODNII; SOIL MICROFLORA; SYMBIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHAGAS DISEASE; DRUG SYNERGISM; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECT VECTORS; MELITTEN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PARASITIC SENSITIVITY TESTS; RHODNIUS; RHODOCOCCUS; SYMBIOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS RHODNII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77953022447     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.02.016     Document Type: Article

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