| abstract |
The present invention relates to new antimicrobial peptides from the family of defensins, in particular antifungals, called termicins, polynucleotides coding for these peptides, vectors containing them for the transformation of a host organism and the method of transformation of said organism. The invention also relates to transformed organisms, in particular yeasts producing termicin, or plant cells and plants, the termicins produced by transformed plants conferring on them resistance to diseases, in particular of fungal origin. also relates to the use of termicins as a medicament and the pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. |