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Human β-Defensin 4 with Non-Native Disulfide Bridges Exhibit Antimicrobial Activity

Human defensins play multiple roles in innate immunity including direct antimicrobial killing and immunomodulatory activity. They have three disulfide bridges which contribute to the stability of three anti-parallel β-strands. The exact role of disulfide bridges and canonical β-structure in the anti...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Himanshu, Nagaraj, Ramakrishnan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25785690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119525