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A Defensin from the Model Beetle Tribolium castaneum Acts Synergistically with Telavancin and Daptomycin against Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

The red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum is a common insect pest and has been established as a model beetle to study insect development and immunity. This study demonstrates that defensin 1 from T. castaneum displays in vitro and in vivo antimicrobial activity against drug resistant Staphylococcus a...

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Autores principales: Rajamuthiah, Rajmohan, Jayamani, Elamparithi, Conery, Annie L., Fuchs, Beth Burgwyn, Kim, Wooseong, Johnston, Tatiana, Vilcinskas, Andreas, Ausubel, Frederick M., Mylonakis, Eleftherios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26062137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128576