Salt-Tolerant Antifungal and Antibacterial Activities of the Corn Defensin ZmD32

Pathogenic microbes are developing resistance to established antibiotics, making the development of novel antimicrobial molecules paramount. One major resource for discovery of antimicrobials is the arsenal of innate immunity molecules that are part of the first line of pathogen defense in many orga...

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Main Authors: Bomai K. Kerenga, James A. McKenna, Peta J. Harvey, Pedro Quimbar, Donovan Garcia-Ceron, Fung T. Lay, Thanh Kha Phan, Prem K. Veneer, Shaily Vasa, Kathy Parisi, Thomas M. A. Shafee, Nicole L. van der Weerden, Mark D. Hulett, David J. Craik, Marilyn A. Anderson, Mark R. Bleackley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00795/full