Structural and functional studies on a proline-rich peptide isolated from swine saliva endowed with antifungal activity towards Cryptococcus neoformans

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1828, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1066-1074

  Conti, Stefania ^a   Radicioni, Giorgia ^b   Ciociola, Tecla ^a   Longhi, Renato ^c   Polonelli, Luciano ^a   Gatti, Rita ^a   Cabras, Tiziana ^d   Messana, Irene ^d   Castagnola, Massimo ^b   Vitali, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Circular dichroism; Cryptococcus neoformans; Membrane integrity; Polyproline II; Proline rich peptide

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE SP E; PROLINE RICH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PEPTIDES; PROLINE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SALIVA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84872111755     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: 18792642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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