Diversity, evolution and medical applications of insect antimicrobial peptides

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short proteins with antimicrobial activity. A large portion of known AMPs originate from insects, and the number and diversity of these molecules in different species varies considerably. Insect AMPs represent a potential source of alternative antibiotics to address...

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Autores principales: Mylonakis, Eleftherios, Podsiadlowski, Lars, Muhammed, Maged, Vilcinskas, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4874388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27160593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0290

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4874388/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27160593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0290

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