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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |