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SUBMITTER: Yu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231825 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Yanhui Y Zhao Panpan P Cao Lili L Gong Pengtao P Yuan Shuxian S Yao Xinhua X Guo Yanbing Y Dong Hang H Jiang Weina W
The Korean journal of parasitology 20200430 2
Leishmaniasis is a prevalent cause of death and animal morbidity in underdeveloped countries of endemic area. However, there is few vaccine and effective drugs. Antimicrobial peptides are involved in the innate immune response in many organisms and are being developed as novel drugs against parasitic infections. In the present study, we synthesized a 5-amino acid peptide REDLK, which mutated the C-terminus of Pseudomonas exotoxin, to identify its effect on the Leishmania tarentolae. Promastigote ...[more]