Defensins
β Scribed by Lehrer, Robert I.; Ganz, Tomas; Selsted, Michael E.
- Book ID
- 121948453
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 451 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0197-1859
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Defensins are widely distributed and abundant 3-4 kDa antimicrobial peptides that are variably cationic and contain six disulfide-paired cysteines. Three structurally distinct peptide families have been identified: 'classical' defensins, wefensins and insect defensins. In many animal species, defens
Defensins are a family of variably cationic 3-5 kDa peptides with a conserved motif of six disulfide-linked cysteines. They are expressed in host defense settings (in phagocytes and epithelia) and display a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity. The production of many defensins is constitutive bu