Therapeutic use of a cationic antimicrobial peptide from the spider Acanthoscurria gomesiana in the control of experimental candidiasis

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial peptides are present in animals, plants and microorganisms and play a fundamental role in the innate immune response. Gomesin is a cationic antimicrobial peptide purified from haemocytes of the spider Acanthoscurria gomesiana. It has a broad-spectrum of activity against bac...

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Autores principales: Rossi, Diego C, Muñoz, Julian E, Carvalho, Danielle D, Belmonte, Rodrigo, Faintuch, Bluma, Borelli, Primavera, Miranda, Antonio, Taborda, Carlos P, Daffre, Sirlei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3361493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22394555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-28

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