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Current Biology, 2016 Antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) are a diverse class of naturally occurring molecules that are produced as a first line of defense by all multicellular organisms. These proteins can have broad activity to directly kill bacteria, yeasts, fungi, viruses and even cancer cells.
Zhang, Ling-juan, Gallo, Richard L.
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Pharmaceuticals, 2013 The rapid increase in drug-resistant infections has presented a serious challenge to antimicrobial therapies. The failure of the most potent antibiotics to kill “superbugs” emphasizes the urgent need to develop other control agents. Here we review the history and new development of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), a growing class of natural and synthetic
Ali Adem Bahar, Dacheng Ren
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Marine Invertebrate Peptides: Antimicrobial Peptides [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Antimicrobial peptides are an important component of many organisms’ innate immune system, with a good inhibitory or killing effect against the invading pathogens. As a type of biological polypeptide with natural immune activities, antimicrobial peptides have a broad spectrum of antibacterial, antiviral, and antitumor activities.
Ran Wu +9 more
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Plant antimicrobial peptides [PDF]
Folia Microbiologica, 2013 Plant antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a component of barrier defense system of plants. They have been isolated from roots, seeds, flowers, stems, and leaves of a wide variety of species and have activities towards phytopathogens, as well as against bacteria pathogenic to humans.
Nawrot, Robert +5 more
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A new family of diverse skin peptides from the microhylid frog genus phrynomantis [PDF]
, 2020 A wide range of frogs produce skin poisons composed of bioactive peptides for defence against pathogens, parasites and predators. While several frog families have been thoroughly screened for skin-secreted peptides, others, like the Microhylidae, have ...
Ballet, Steven +7 more
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Peptide Antimicrobial Agents [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2006 SUMMARYAntimicrobial host defense peptides are produced by all complex organisms as well as some microbes and have diverse and complex antimicrobial activities. Collectively these peptides demonstrate a broad range of antiviral and antibacterial activities and modes of action, and it is important to distinguish between direct microbicidal and indirect ...
Håvard, Jenssen +2 more
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The first salamander defensin antimicrobial peptide. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Antimicrobial peptides have been widely identified from amphibian skins except salamanders. A novel antimicrobial peptide (CFBD) was isolated and characterized from skin secretions of the salamander, Cynops fudingensis.
Ping Meng +5 more
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Characterization of a Potent New-Generation Antimicrobial Peptide of Bacillus
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 An antimicrobial peptide [Bacillus antimicrobial peptide (BAMP)] produced by Bacillus paralicheniformis was isolated from the Indian traditional fermented food and characterized.
Shilja Choyam +2 more
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Worms’ Antimicrobial Peptides [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2019 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural antibiotics produced by all living organisms. In metazoans, they act as host defense factors by eliminating microbial pathogens. But they also help to select the colonizing bacterial symbionts while coping with specific environmental challenges.
Renato, Bruno +12 more
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Synthesis and cellular penetration properties of new phosphonium based cationic amphiphilic peptides [PDF]
, 2018 A new category of phosphonium based cationic amphiphilic peptides has been developed and evaluated as potential antimicrobial peptides and cell penetrating peptides.
Gannon, Susan +7 more
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