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SUBMITTER: Guzman-Rodriguez JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3844270 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guzmán-Rodríguez Jaquelina Julia JJ López-Gómez Rodolfo R Suárez-Rodríguez Luis M LM Salgado-Garciglia Rafael R Rodríguez-Zapata Luis C LC Ochoa-Zarzosa Alejandra A López-Meza Joel E JE
BioMed research international 20131112
Antimicrobial therapy is a useful tool to control infectious diseases in general and rising antibiotic resistant microorganisms in particular. Alternative strategies are desirable, and antimicrobial peptides (AMP) represent attractive control agents. Mexican avocado (Persea americana var. drymifolia) is used in traditional medicine; however, the AMP production has not been reported in this plant. We obtained a cDNA library from avocado fruit and clone PaDef was identified, which has a cDNA (249 ...[more]