%0 Journal Article
%T Antimicrobial nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides disturb the integrity of bacterial outer and inner membranes and cause loss of membrane potential
%A Attila Farkas
%A Bal¨¢zs Bogos
%A Etelka Kov¨¢cs
%A Gy£¿rgy V¨¢r¨®
%A Kata R. Mikul¨¢ss
%A Krisztina Nagy
%A Zsolt Szegletes
%A ¨¦va Kondorosi
%J Archive of "Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s12941-016-0159-8
%X Certain legume plants produce a plethora of AMP-like peptides in their symbiotic cells. The cationic subgroup of the nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides has potent antimicrobial activity against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria as well as unicellular and filamentous fungi
%K Antimicrobial activity
%K Membrane disruption
%K Atomic force and scanning electron microscopy
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4964015/