African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is the causative agent of the often fatal disease African horse sickness in equids. The non-structural protein NS4 is the only AHSV protein that localizes to the nucleus. Here we report ...

Plasmodium falciparum 1–deoxy–D–xylulose–5–phosphate reductoisomerase (PfDXR) is a key enzyme in the synthesis of isoprenoids in the malaria parasite, using a pathway that is absent in the human host. This enzyme is ...

Tick defensins may serve as templates for the development of multifunctional peptides. The purpose of this study was to evaluate shorter peptides derived from tick defensin isoform 2 (OsDef2) in terms of their antibacterial, ...