Antimicrobial activity of defensins and defensin-like peptides with special emphasis on those from fungi and invertebrate animals

Current Protein and Peptide Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 515-531

  Ng, Tzi Bun ^a   Cheung, Randy Chi Fai ^a   Wong, Jack Ho ^a   Ye, Xiu Juan ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defensin like peptides; Defensins; Fungi; Invertebrate animals

Indexed keywords

AGPLECTASIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CARCININ; CEFTRIAXONE; DAPTOMYCIN; DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN 1; DEFENSIN 2; DROSOMYCIN; GLYCOSIDASE; LONGICIN; LYSOZYME; MYTICIN B; MYTILIN C; MYTIMACIN; NZ 2114; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PEROXIDASE; PLECTASIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SCAPULARISIN; SCASIN; SCORPION VENOM; SPIDER VENOM; STRONGYLOCIN 1; STRONGYLOCIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTHROPOD; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BOMBYX MORI; CHORDATA; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; DISULFIDE BOND; ECHINODERM; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INVERTEBRATE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUSSEL; NEOSARTORYA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; SCALLOP; SCAPHARCA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAIL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DEFENSINS; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84888239118     PISSN: 13892037     EISSN: 18755550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13892037113149990068     Document Type: Review

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