Antimicrobial nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides disturb the integrity of bacterial outer and inner membranes and cause loss of membrane potential

BACKGROUND: Certain legume plants produce a plethora of AMP-like peptides in their symbiotic cells. The cationic subgroup of the nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides has potent antimicrobial activity against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria as well as unicellular and filamentous fung...

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Autores principales: Mikuláss, Kata R., Nagy, Krisztina, Bogos, Balázs, Szegletes, Zsolt, Kovács, Etelka, Farkas, Attila, Váró, György, Kondorosi, Éva, Kereszt, Attila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964015/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27465344
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-016-0159-8

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