TANNE L. COOLS, CENTRE OF MICROBIAL AND PLANT GENETICS, BELGIUM; KIM VRIENS, CENTRE OF MICROBIAL AND PLANT GENETICS, BELGIUM; CAROLINE STRUYFS, CENTRE OF MICROBIAL AND PLANT GENETICS, BELGIUM; SARA VERBANDT, CENTRE OF MICROBIAL AND PLANT GENETICS, BELGIUM; MARCELO H. S. RAMADA, UCB; GUILHERME D. BRAND, UNB; CARLOS BLOCH JUNIOR, Cenargen; BARBARA KOCH, MONASH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA; ANA TRAVEN, MONASH UNIVERSITY, AUSTRALIA; JAN W. DRIJFHOUT, LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, NETHERLANDS; LIESBETH DEMUYSER, LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY, KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM; SOÑA KUCHARÍKOVÁ, LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY, KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM; PATRICK VAN DIJCK, LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY, KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM; DRAGANA SPASIC, BIOSYST-MEBIOS, KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM; JEROEN LAMMERTYN, BIOSYST-MEBIOS, KU LEUVEN, BELGIUM; BRUNO P. A. CAMMUE, CENTRE OF MICROBIAL AND PLANT GENETICS, BELGIUM; KARIN THEVISSEN, CENTRE OF MICROBIAL AND PLANT GENETICS, BELGIUM.2026-07-07http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/515328openAccessPlant defensinsAntifungal mode of actionLipid membrane targetPeptide internalizationMembrane permeabilizationYeastsThe antifungal plant defensin HsAFP1 is a phosphatidic acid-interacting peptide inducing membrane permeabilization.Artigo de periódico