Antimicrobial and Chemotactic Activity of Scorpion-Derived Peptide, ToAP2, against Mycobacterium massiliensis

Antimicrobial and Chemotactic Activity of Scorpion-Derived Peptide, ToAP2, against Mycobacterium massiliensis

Mycobacterium massiliense is a rapid growing, multidrug-resistant, non-tuberculous mycobacteria that is responsible for a wide spectrum of skin and soft tissue infections, as well as other organs, such as the lungs. Antimicrobial peptides had been described as broad-spectrum antimicrobial, chemotact...

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Main Authors: Lázaro M. Marques-Neto, Monalisa M. Trentini, Rogério C. das Neves, Danilo P. Resende, Victor O. Procopio, Adeliane C. da Costa, André Kipnis, Márcia R. Mortari, Elisabeth F. Schwartz, Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-05-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
antimicrobial peptide
mycobacteria inhibition
Mycobacterium
monocyte
neutrophil
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/10/6/219

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