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A novel cecropin B-derived peptide with antibacterial and potential anti-inflammatory properties

Cecropins, originally found in insects, are a group of cationic antimicrobial peptides. Most cecropins have an amphipathic N-terminal segment and a largely hydrophobic C-terminal segment, and normally form a helix-hinge-helix structure. In this study, we developed the novel 32-residue cecropin-like...

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Autores principales: Wang, Jiarong, Ma, Kun, Ruan, Maosen, Wang, Yujuan, Li, Yan, Fu, Yu V., Song, Yonghong, Sun, Hongbin, Wang, Junfeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6064198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30065898
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5369