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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-05-01
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Series: | Toxins |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/10/6/219 |
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