Cathelicidin peptide rescues G. mellonella infected with B. anthracis

Virulence. 2018 Jan 1;9(1):287-293. doi: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1293227. Epub 2017 Mar 8.
No abstract available

Keywords: B. anthracis; G. mellonella; LL-37; MIC; NA-CATH; antimicrobial peptide; bactericidal; cathelicidin; sporicidal; waxworm.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / pharmacology*
  • Bacillus anthracis / drug effects*
  • Cathelicidins
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests / methods*
  • Models, Biological
  • Moths / microbiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
  • Cathelicidins