Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1806, 2015, Pages

  Rahnamaeian, Mohammad ^a   Cytryńska, Małgorzata ^b   Zdybicka Barabas, Agnieszka ^b   Dobslaff, Kristin ^c   Wiesner, Jochen ^a   Twyman, Richard M ^a,d   Zuchner, Thole ^c   Sadd, Ben M ^e   Regoes, Roland R ^f   Schmid Hempel, Paul ^f   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^a,g  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d TRM Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abaecin; Antimicrobial peptides; Bumble bees; Hymenoptaecin; Innate immunity; Insects

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IMMUNE RESPONSE; INSECT; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; TRADE-OFF;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOMBUS (GENUS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; NEGIBACTERIA;

ABAECIN PROTEIN, APIS MELLIFERA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; HYMENOPTAECIN PROTEIN, APIS MELLIFERA; INSECT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BEE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BEES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSECT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84926351932     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0293     Document Type: Article

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