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SUBMITTER: Giovati L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5920037 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Giovati Laura L Santinoli Claudia C Mangia Carlo C Vismarra Alice A Belletti Silvana S D'Adda Tiziana T Fumarola Claudia C Ciociola Tecla T Bacci Cristina C Magliani Walter W Polonelli Luciano L Conti Stefania S Kramer Laura H LH
Frontiers in microbiology 20180420
The killer peptide KP is a synthetic decapeptide derived from the sequence of the variable region of a recombinant yeast killer toxin-like microbicidal single-chain antibody. KP proved to exert significant activities against diverse microbial and viral pathogens through different mechanisms of action, but little is known of its effect on apicomplexan protozoa. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the <i>in vitro</i> activity of KP against <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i>, a globally widespread p ...[more]