Juruin: an antifungal peptide from the venom of the Amazonian Pink Toe spider, Avicularia juruensis, which contains the inhibitory cystine knot motif

The aim of this study was to screen the venom of the theraposid spider Avicularia juruensis for the identification of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) which could be further used as prototypes for drug development. Eleven AMPs, named juruentoxins, with molecular weight ranging from 3.5 to 4.5 kDa, were...

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Autores principales: Ayroza, Gabriela, Ferreira, Ivan L. C., Sayegh, Raphael S. R., Tashima, Alexandre K., da Silva, Pedro I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
Materias:
Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22973266
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00324

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22973266
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00324

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