Repurposing a peptide toxin from wasp venom into antiinfectives with dual antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties

Repurposing a peptide toxin from wasp venom into antiinfectives with dual antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties

© 2020 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Novel antibiotics are urgently needed to combat multidrug-resistant pathogens. Venoms represent previously untapped sources of novel drugs. Here we repurposed mastoparan-L, the toxic active principle derived from the venom of the wasp Vespula...

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Main Authors: Silva, Osmar N, Torres, Marcelo DT, Cao, Jicong, Alves, Elaine SF, Rodrigues, Leticia V, Resende, Jarbas M, Lião, Luciano M, Porto, William F, Fensterseifer, Isabel CM, Lu, Timothy K, Franco, Octavio L, de la Fuente-Nunez, Cesar
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Synthetic Biology Center
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/134150

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