Molecular and Functional Diversity of Crustin-Like Genes in the Shrimp <i>Litopenaeus vannamei</i>

Crustins are crustacean cationic cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides that contain one or two whey acidic protein (WAP) domain(s) at the carboxyl terminus and mainly show antimicrobial and/or proteinase inhibitory activities. Here, we performed genome and transcriptome screening and identified 34 fu...

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Main Authors: Shihao Li, Xinjia Lv, Yang Yu, Xiaojun Zhang, Fuhua Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/18/7/361