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Attacins: A Promising Class of Insect Antimicrobial Peptides

Insects produce a large repertoire of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as the first line of defense against bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. These peptides are produced from a large precursor that contains a signal domain, which is cleaved in vivo to produce the mature protein with antimicrobial...

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Autores principales: Buonocore, Francesco, Fausto, Anna Maria, Della Pelle, Giulia, Roncevic, Tomislav, Gerdol, Marco, Picchietti, Simona
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7924397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33672685
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10020212