Plant defensins are an extensive family of small cysteine rich proteins characterised by a
conserved cysteine stabilised alpha beta protein fold which resembles the structure of insect …

Plant diseases, caused by microbes, threaten world food, feed, and bioproduct security.
Plant resistance has not been effectively deployed to improve resistance in plants for lack of …

Mycoses are accountable for millions of infections yearly worldwide. Invasive candidiasis is
the most usual, presenting a high morbidity and mortality. Candida albicans remains the …

Plant defensins form a family of proteins with a broad spectrum of protective activities
against fungi, bacteria, and insects. Furthermore, some plant defensins have revealed …

The global challenge to prevent fungal spoilage and mycotoxin contamination on food and
feed requires the development of new antifungal strategies. Antimicrobial peptides and …

MtDef4 is a 47-amino acid cysteine-rich evolutionary conserved defensin from a model
legume Medicago truncatula. It is an apoplast-localized plant defense protein that inhibits …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are effective molecules produced by the innate immune
system of most organisms to fend off invading microbes and regarded as promising …

The Solanaceae is an important plant family that has been playing an essential role in
traditional medicine and human nutrition. Members of the Solanaceae are rich in bioactive …

The plant defensin NaD1, from Nicotiana alata, has potent antifungal activity against a range
of filamentous fungi including the two important cotton pathogens, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp …

Pathogenic microbes are developing resistance to established antibiotics, making the
development of novel antimicrobial molecules paramount. One major resource for discovery …