Antimicrobial peptides are pivotal elements of the innate immune defense against bacterial and fungal infections. Within the impressive list of antimicrobial peptides available at present, more than half have been characterized in arthropods. Cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides represent the most d
Peptides related to vasopressin in invertebrates
✍ Scribed by M. Mühlethaler; M. Raggenbass; J. J. Dreifuss
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 707 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-682X
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