Diversity, evolution and medical applications of insect antimicrobial peptides

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1695, 2016, Pages

  Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^a   Podsiadlowski, Lars ^b   Muhammed, Maged ^a   Vilcinskas, Andreas ^c,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Anti infective; Antimicrobial peptides; Drug development; Evolution; Immunity; Insects

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TREATMENT; INSECT; NEMATODE; PATHOGEN; PEPTIDE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; INSECT PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSECT; METABOLISM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84966447583     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0290     Document Type: Review

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