Snake cathelicidin from Bungarus fasciatus is a potent peptide antibiotics.

BACKGROUND: Cathelicidins are a family of antimicrobial peptides acting as multifunctional effector molecules of innate immunity, which are firstly found in mammalians. Recently, several cathelicidins have also been found from chickens and fishes. No cathelicidins from other non-mammalian vertebrate...

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Main Authors: Yipeng Wang, Jing Hong, Xiuhong Liu, Hailong Yang, Rui Liu, Jing Wu, Aili Wang, Donghai Lin, Ren Lai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2528936?pdf=render