Identification and mechanism of action of the plant defensin nad1 as a new member of the antifungal drug arsenal against candida albicans

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3667-3675

  Hayes, Brigitte M E ^a   Bleackley, Mark R ^a   Wiltshire, Jennifer L ^a   Anderson, Marilyn A ^a   Traven, Ana ^b   Van Der Weerden, Nicole L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; DEFENSIN; GLYCEROL; NAD1 PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CYTOPLASM; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BORON COMPOUNDS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DEFENSINS; FLOWERS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLYCEROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO;

EID: 84880318184     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00365-13     Document Type: Article

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