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Brevinin-1 and -2, unique antimicrobial peptides from the skin of the frog, Rana brevipoda porsa.
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Two unique antimicrobial peptides named brevinin-1 and -2 were isolated from the skin of the frog, Rana brevipoda porsa, indicating the difference of the two peptides in the antimicrobial selectively on Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.About:
This article is published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.The article was published on 1992-11-30. It has received 253 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bombinin & Magainin.read more
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Antimicrobial peptides in insects; structure and function
TL;DR: This review presents the main results obtained during the last four years in the field of antimicrobial peptides from insects with a special focus on the proline-rich and cysteine-rich peptides.
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Animal antimicrobial peptides: an overview.
David Andreu,Luis Rivas +1 more
TL;DR: This review provides a general introduction to the subject of antimicrobial peptides, with emphasis on aspects such as structural types, post-translational modifications, mode of action or mechanisms of resistance.
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Structure-activity studies on magainins and other host defense peptides.
W L Maloy,U P Kari +1 more
TL;DR: In general, changes that increased the basicity and stabilized the amphipathic structure have increased the antimicrobial activity: however, as the peptides become more hydrophobic the degree of specificity decreases.
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Antimicrobial peptides from amphibian skin: what do they tell us?
TL;DR: In amphibian skin secretions contain many biologically active compounds, such as biogenic amines, complex alkaloids, or peptides as mentioned in this paper, which are considered the effector molecules of innate immunity, acting as a first line of defense against bacterial infections.
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Antimicrobial peptides from ranid frogs: taxonomic and phylogenetic markers and a potential source of new therapeutic agents.
TL;DR: The broad-spectrum antibacterial and antifungal activities of certain peptides, for example esculentin-1, ranalexin-1 and ranatuerin, together with their relatively low hemolytic activity, make them candidates for development into therapeutically useful anti-infective agents.
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TL;DR: From an acid extract of bovine neutrophil granules, the authors have purified over 2,000-fold a dodecapeptide exhibiting bactericidal activity against both Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus at 10(-7)-10(-5) M concentration.
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Amino acid sequences of two proline-rich bactenecins. Antimicrobial peptides of bovine neutrophils.
TL;DR: Two bactenecins are highly cationic polypeptides of the large granules of bovine neutrophils, exerting in vitro a potent antimicrobial activity and their complete amino acid sequences were determined by automated Edman degradation combined with plasma desorption mass spectrometry.