Membrane-interacting antifungal peptides

C Struyfs, BPA Cammue, K Thevissen - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The incidence of invasive fungal infections is increasing worldwide, resulting in more than
1.6 million deaths every year. Due to growing antifungal drug resistance and the limited …

Isolation and characterization of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MQ01, a bifunctional biocontrol bacterium with antagonistic activity against Fusarium graminearum and …

S Xu, Y Wang, J Hu, X Chen, Y Qiu, J Shi, G Wang… - Food Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Fusarium graminearum is the predominant pathogen related to Fusarium head blight (FHB)
which causes mycotoxin contamination of grains, mainly involving zearalenone (ZEN) and …

Antifungal Plant Defensins as an Alternative Tool to Combat Candidiasis

EI Finkina, OV Shevchenko, SI Fateeva, AA Tagaev… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Currently, the spread of fungal infections is becoming an urgent problem. Fungi of the
Candida genus are opportunistic microorganisms that cause superficial and life-threatening …

The plant defensin Ppdef1 is a novel topical treatment for onychomycosis

NL van der Weerden, K Parisi, JA McKenna, BM Hayes… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Onychomycosis, or fungal nail infection, causes not only pain and discomfort but can also
have psychological and social consequences for the patient. Treatment of onychomycosis is …

Prediction of global potential suitable habitats of Nicotiana alata Link et Otto based on MaxEnt model

YF Zhang, ST Chen, Y Gao, L Yang, H Yu - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Nicotiana alata Link et Otto, widely used in landscaping, is not only of great
ornamental value but also of high commercial and medical value. The global potential …

β-Nitrostyrene derivatives as broad range potential antifungal agents targeting fungal cell wall

A Ramzan, SA Padder, KZ Masoodi, S Shafi… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prevalence of multidrug resistance has been increasingly witnessed during the past few
decades. Resistance of human pathogenic fungi against the currently available antifungal …

Novel insights in the production, activity and protective effect of Penicillium expansum antifungal proteins

M Gandía, A Monge, S Garrigues, H Orozco… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antifungal proteins (AFPs) offer a great potential as new biofungicides to control deleterious
fungi. The phytopathogenic fungus Penicillium expansum encodes three phylogenetically …

Peptides Derived From the α-Core and γ-Core Regions of a Putative Silybum marianum Flower Defensin Show Antifungal Activity Against Fusarium graminearum

A Fernández, ML Colombo, LM Curto… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Fusarium graminearum is the etiological agent of Fusarium head blight (FHB), a disease that
produces a significant decrease in wheat crop yield and it is further aggravated by the …

[HTML][HTML] The interaction with fungal cell wall polysaccharides determines the salt tolerance of antifungal plant defensins

MR Bleackley, CS Dawson, JAE Payne, PJ Harvey… - The Cell Surface, 2019 - Elsevier
The fungal cell wall is the first point of contact between fungal pathogens and host
organisms. It serves as a protective barrier against biotic and abiotic stresses and as a …

Tobacco plants expressing the defensin NaD1 enhance drought tolerance characteristics in transgenic lines

S Royan, R Shirzadian-Khorramabad, A Zibaee… - Plant Growth …, 2023 - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) play a pivotal role in plant immune responses to diverse
stresses, and hence, have become the novel molecules for studying plant responses to …