Publications
| cloning and purification of the first termicin-like peptide from the cockroach eupolyphaga sinensis. | termicin is an antimicrobial peptide with six cysteines forming three disulfide bridges that was firstly isolated from the salivary glands and hemocytes of the termite pseudacanthotermes spiniger. in contrast to many broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptides, termicin is most active against filamentous fungi. although more than one hundred complementary dnas (cdnas) encoding termicin-like peptides have been reported to date, all these termicin-like peptides were obtained from isoptera insects. | 2016 | 26823660 |
| spinigerin induces apoptotic like cell death in a caspase independent manner in leishmania donovani. | antimicrobial peptides (amps) are multifunctional components of the innate immune system. chemotherapeutic agents used for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) are now threatened due to the emergence of acquired drug resistance and toxicity. amps are attractive alternative to conventional pharmaceuticals. in this study, first time we explored the antileishmanial activity of spinigerin originally derived from pseudacanthotermes spiniger. leishmania donovani promastigotes present apoptosis-lik ... | 2013 | 24184774 |