Tachyplesin: Difference between revisions

Evidences suggest that TP-I has ability to permeabilize the cell membranes of pathogens.<ref name=Laederach>PMID:12369825</ref>. Also, LPS and DNA being the potential biological targets of the peptide, its antimicrobial activity might be exploited. Eyeing the potential of TP-I, it has been insetred successfully in genome of ''Ornithogalum dubium'' and ''Ornithogalum thyrsoides''. These ornamentals plants were originally sensitive to soft rot erwinias (SREs) and insertion of TP-I in the plants has successfully protected them without affecting their normal physiology <ref name=Lipsky>PMID:25438795</ref><ref name=Lipsky and Joshi>PMID:27639550</ref>.