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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
Ran Wu, Jiri Patocka, Jiri Patocka, Eugenie Nepovimova, Patrik Oleksak, Martin Valis, Wenda Wu, Wenda Wu, Kamil Kuca, Kamil Kuca   +9 more
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Peptides and Peptidomimetics for Antimicrobial Drug Design

Pharmaceuticals, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to introduce and highlight a few classes of traditional antimicrobial peptides with a focus on structure-activity relationship studies.
Biljana Mojsoska, Håvard Jenssen
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Perspective: A proposal on solutions of modern supply chain construction for lactoferrin

Journal of Dairy Science, 2023
: Lactoferrin is an iron-binding glycoprotein of the transferrin family that is found in most bodily fluids of mammals and has a variety of biological and beneficial functions, with great importance in health enhancement as a supplement for humans and ...
Ruoyu Mao, Xuanxuan Ma, Ya Hao, Guihong Pen, Xueling Zheng, Na Yang, Da Teng, Jianhua Wang   +7 more
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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Fungal Defensin NZX Against Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Mouse Peritonitis Model

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is one of the most common pathogenic bacteria responsible for causing a life-threatening peritonitis disease. NZX, as a variant of fungal defensin plectasin, displayed potent antibacterial activity against S. aureus.
Xueling Zheng, Xueling Zheng, Xueling Zheng, Na Yang, Na Yang, Na Yang, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Da Teng, Da Teng, Da Teng, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang   +17 more
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Plectasin: from evolution to truncation, expression, and better druggability

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Non-computational classical evolution analysis of plectasin and its functional relatives can especially contribute tool value during access to meet requirements for their better druggability in clinical use.
Xuan Li, Xuan Li, Xuan Li, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Ya Hao, Na Yang, Na Yang, Na Yang, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Ruoyu Mao, Da Teng, Da Teng, Da Teng, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang, Jianhua Wang   +17 more
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Andrographolide and 4-Phenylbutyric Acid Administration Increase the Expression of Antimicrobial Peptides Beta-Defensin-1 and Cathelicidin and Reduce Mortality in Murine Sepsis

Antibiotics, 2022
Antibiotic resistance is a global threat and requires the search for new treatment strategies. Natural antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have pronounced antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, and antitumor activity.
Albert Bolatchiev, Vladimir Baturin, Elizaveta Bolatchieva   +2 more
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Research progress on antimicrobial peptides in terms of the prevention and treatment of dental caries

口腔疾病防治, 2023
Antimicrobial peptides have antibacterial effects on various pathogenic microorganisms, including natural antimicrobial peptides and synthetic antimicrobial peptides.
ZHU He , CHENG Xingqun, WU Hongkun
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Bioprospecting the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) host defense peptidome. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Cationic antimicrobial peptides and their therapeutic potential have garnered growing interest because of the proliferation of bacterial resistance.
Barney M Bishop, Melanie L Juba, Megan C Devine, Stephanie M Barksdale, Carlos Alberto Rodriguez, Myung C Chung, Paul S Russo, Kent A Vliet, Joel M Schnur, Monique L van Hoek   +9 more
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C-PAmP: large scale analysis and database construction containing high scoring computationally predicted antimicrobial peptides for all the available plant species. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial peptides are a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics. Plants are an important source of such peptides; their pharmacological properties are known since antiquity.
Anastasia Niarchou, Anastasia Alexandridou, Emmanouil Athanasiadis, George Spyrou   +3 more
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Analysis and Prediction of some Histone-derived Antimicrobial Peptides from Toads Duttaphrynus melanostictus and Phyrinoidis asper [PDF]

Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Research, 2016
Antimicrobial peptides in skin secretions of toads is a promising methods to combat a wide spectrum of bacteria. Histone H2A is a type of DNA-binding protein that acts as a precursor for several antimicrobial peptides. In toads (family Bufonidae) buforin
Muhammad Dailami, I Made Artika, Mirza Dikari Kusrini   +2 more
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