Abstract
Antimicrobial cationic peptides are an important component of the innate defenses of all species of life. Different peptides may have antibacterial, antiendotoxic, antibiotic-potentiating or antifungal properties, and so they are being developed for use as a novel class of antimicrobial agents and as the basis for making transgenic disease-resistant plants and animals.
Publication types
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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Review
MeSH terms
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Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
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Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
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Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides*
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Blood Proteins / chemistry
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Blood Proteins / pharmacology*
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Cost-Benefit Analysis
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DNA-Binding Proteins / chemistry
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DNA-Binding Proteins / pharmacology*
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Defensins
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Humans
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Infections / immunology
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Peptides, Cyclic / chemistry
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Peptides, Cyclic / pharmacology*
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Proteins / chemistry
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Proteins / pharmacology*
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Transgenes
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Anti-Infective Agents
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Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
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Blood Proteins
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DNA-Binding Proteins
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Defensins
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Peptides, Cyclic
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Proteins
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protegrin-1
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tachyplesin peptide, Tachypleus tridentatus