Attacins: A Promising Class of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides

Insects produce a large repertoire of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as the first line of defense against bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. These peptides are produced from a large precursor that contains a signal domain, which is cleaved in vivo to produce the mature protein with antimicrobial...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Antibiotics (Basel) 2021-02, Vol.10 (2), p.212
Hauptverfasser:	Buonocore, Francesco, Fausto, Anna Maria, Della Pelle, Giulia, Roncevic, Tomislav, Gerdol, Marco, Picchietti, Simona
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amino acids Antiinfectives and antibacterials Antimicrobial activity Antimicrobial agents Antimicrobial peptides attacins Bacteria Biological activity Butterflies & moths Cell division Defensins Fungi Glycine Gram-negative bacteria Gram-positive bacteria insect AMPs Insects Microorganisms Parasites Pathogens Peptides pharmacological applications Phylogeny Proteins Review Structure-function relationships Viruses
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