Natural Peptide Antibiotics from Tunicates: Structures, Functions and Potential Uses1

Because tunicates rely on innate immunity, their hemocytes are important contributors to host defense. Styela clava, a solitary ascidian, have eight hemocyte subtypes. Extracts of their total hemocyte population contained multiple small (2–4 kDa) antimicrobial peptides. When purified, these fell int...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Integrative and comparative biology 2003-04, Vol.43 (2), p.313-322
Hauptverfasser:	Lehrer, Robert I, Andrew Tincu, J, Taylor, Steven W, Menzel, Lorenzo P, Waring, Alan J
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Antibiotics COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY Immune system Peptides Zoology
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