Functional Insights From the Evolutionary Diversification of Big Defensins
Big defensins are antimicrobial polypeptides believed to be the ancestors of β-defensins, the most evolutionary conserved family of host defense peptides (HDPs) in vertebrates. Nevertheless, big defensins underwent several independent gene loss events during animal evolution, being only retained in...
Main Authors: | Marco Gerdol, Paulina Schmitt, Paola Venier, Gustavo Rocha, Rafael Diego Rosa, Delphine Destoumieux-Garzón |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00758/full |
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