antimicrobial peptides

Antimicrobial peptides are generally between 12 and 50 amino acids.

Further research is needed to determine if this will lead to greater harm than benefit from the use of certain antimicrobial peptides.

It is one of several antimicrobial peptides produced by paneth cells.

Expression of antimicrobial peptides in plants has had mixed results for enhancing disease resistance.

It is the primary secretory organ and produces antimicrobial peptides.

He discovered that cathelicidin antimicrobial peptides are present during wound repair.

It worked by activating the synthesis of antimicrobial peptides.

Several species of insect produce antimicrobial peptides known as defensins and cecropins.

Thousands of antimicrobial peptides, similar to magainin, have been found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms.

The skin and respiratory tract secrete antimicrobial peptides such as the β-defensins.

However, these methods cannot be used to study some membrane-active antimicrobial peptides, which are inhibited by the broth itself.

These mechanisms include phagocytosis, antimicrobial peptides called defensins, and the complement system.

Selectivity is a very important feature of the antimicrobial peptides and it can guarantee their function as antibiotics in host defense systems.

So the cholesterol in mammalian cells will protect the cells from attack by the antimicrobial peptides.

Secretory proteins include many hormones, enzymes, toxins, and antimicrobial peptides.

A number of antimicrobial peptides have also been found in the venom of M. eupeus.

Theta defensins are a family of mammalian antimicrobial peptides.

Bacteria produce proteolytic enzymes,which may degrade antimicrobial peptides leading to their resistance.

These polymers have been engineered to mimic antimicrobial peptides which are used by the immune systems of living things to kill bacteria.

Two groups of antimicrobial peptides have been isolated from skin secretions of B. maxima.

Fundamental differences exist between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells that may represent targets for antimicrobial peptides.

The skin creates antimicrobial peptides such as cathelicidins that control the proliferation of skin microbes.

Latarcins are short antimicrobial peptides from the venom of the spider Lachesana tarabaevi.

This amphipathicity of the antimicrobial peptides allows to partition into the membrane lipid bilayer.

Many Gram-positive bacteria produce ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial peptides, termed bacteriocins.