Antifungal activity of (KW)n or (RW)n peptide against Fusarium solani and Fusarium oxysporum

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 15042-15053

  Gopal, Ramamourthy ^a   Na, Hyungjong ^a   Seo, Chang Ho ^b   Park, Yoonkyung ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

^b Kongju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal peptides; Arginine; Fungicidal; Lysine; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; SYNTHESIS;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FUSARIUM; HYPHAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84870671578     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131115042     Document Type: Article

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