The peach (Prunus persica) defensin PpDFN1 displays antifungal activity through specific interactions with the membrane lipids

Plant Defensins and Defensin-Like Peptides - Biological Activities and Biotechnological Applications

(2012) Andre de Oliveira Carvalho et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Antibiotic activities of host defense peptides: more to it than lipid bilayer perturbation

(2011) Miriam Wilmes et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Structure-Activity Determinants in Antifungal Plant Defensins MsDef1 and MtDef4 with Different Modes of Action against Fusarium graminearum

(2011) Uma Shankar Sagaram et al.   PLoS One

Permeabilization of Fungal Hyphae by the Plant Defensin NaD1 Occurs through a Cell Wall-dependent Process

(2010) Nicole L. van der Weerden et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Backbone dynamics of the antifungal Psd1 pea defensin and its correlation with membrane interaction by NMR spectroscopy

(2009) Luciano Neves de Medeiros et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Defensin-like polypeptide LUREs are pollen tube attractants secreted from synergid cells

(2009) Satohiro Okuda et al.   NATURE

Plant defensins—Prospects for the biological functions and biotechnological properties

(2009) André de Oliveira Carvalho et al.   PEPTIDES

A defensin from tomato with dual function in defense and development

(2009) Henrik U. Stotz et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Vv-AMP1, a ripening induced peptide from Vitis vinifera shows strong antifungal activity

(2008) Abré de Beer et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

The mode of antifungal action of plant, insect and human defensins

(2008) A. M. Aerts et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Biotechnological potential of antimicrobial peptides from flowers

(2008) Letícia S. Tavares et al.   PEPTIDES

Transgenic tobacco and peanut plants expressing a mustard defensin show resistance to fungal pathogens

(2008) T. Swathi Anuradha et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

A novel pepper membrane-located receptor-like protein gene CaMRP1 is required for disease susceptibility, methyl jasmonate insensitivity and salt tolerance

(2008) Soo Hyun An et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY