Peptides of the constant region of antibodies display fungicidal activity
Peptides of the constant region of antibodies display fungicidal activity
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Polonelli, Luciano , Ciociola, Tecla , Magliani, Walter , Zanello, Pier Paolo , D'Adda, Tiziana , Galati, Serena , De Bernardis, Flavia , Arancia, Silvia , Gabrielli, Elena , Pericolini, Eva , Vecchiarelli, Anna , Arruda, Denise C , Pinto, Marcia R , Travassos, Luiz R , Pertinhez, Thelma A , Spisni, Alberto and Conti, Stefania
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Synthetic peptides with sequences identical to fragments of the constant region of different classes (IgG, IgM, IgA) of antibodies (Fc-peptides) exerted a fungicidal activity in vitro against pathogenic yeasts, such as Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Malassezia furfur, including caspofungin and triazole resistant st...
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Peptides of the constant region of antibodies display fungicidal activity
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1324439887
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1324439887
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0034105
