Fragments of β-thymosin from the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus as potential antimicrobial peptides against staphylococcal biofilms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1270, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-85

  Schillaci, Domenico ^a   Vitale, Maria ^b   Cusimano, Maria Grazia ^a   Arizza, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiofilm agents; Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs); Staphylococcal biofilms

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOSOL; DRUG SCREENING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEA URCHIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84867381752     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06652.x     Document Type: Article

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