Penaeidins, a family of antimicrobial peptides from penaeid shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda)

The production of antimicrobial peptides represents a first-line host defense mechanism of innate immunity that is widespread in nature. Only recently such effectors were isolated in crustacean species, whereas numerous antimicrobial peptides have been characterized from other arthropods, both insec...

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