Antifungal properties and mode of action of psacotheasin, a novel knottin-type peptide derived from Psacothea hilaris

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 352-357

  Hwang, Bomi ^a   Hwang, Jae Sam ^b   Lee, Juneyoung ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antifungal peptide; Membrane active mechanism; Psacothea hilaris; Psacotheasin

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEXTRAN; LIPOSOME; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PSACOTHEASIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PSACOTHEASIN PEPTIDE, PSACOTHEA HILARIS;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSACOTHEA HILARIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BEETLES; ERYTHROCYTES; FUNGI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; PSACOTHEA HILARIS;

EID: 77956934522     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.08.063     Document Type: Article

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