Antifungal Mechanism of Vip3Aa, a Vegetative Insecticidal Protein, against Pathogenic Fungal Strains

• Main Authors: Seong-Cheol Park (Author), Jin-Young Kim (Author), Jong-Kook Lee (Author), Hye Song Lim (Author), Hyosuk Son (Author), Su-Hyang Yoo (Author), Seong-Eun Mun (Author), Mi-Kyeong Jang (Author), Jung Ro Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Discovering new antifungal agents is difficult, since, unlike bacteria, mammalian and fungal cells are both eukaryotes. An efficient strategy is to consider new antimicrobial proteins that have variety of action mechanisms. In this study, a cDNA encoding <i>Bacillus thuringiensis</i> Vip...