The antiproliferative peptide Ctn[15-34] is active against multidrug-resistant yeasts Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans.
F L L de AguiarC S D P CavalcanteR O Dos Santos FontenelleC B FalcãoDavid AndreuGandhi Rádis BaptistaPublished in: Journal of applied microbiology (2019)
The effective peptide activity against resistant strains of pathogenic yeasts demonstrates that crotalicidin-derived peptides are promising templates to develop new antifungal pharmaceuticals.