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Novel expression vector for secretion of cecropin AD in Bacillus subtilis with enhanced antimicrobial activity.
Cecropin AD, a chimeric antimicrobial peptide obtained from cecropins, is...
Direct Link | 6th November, 2009
| National Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, National Feed Engineering
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| [Use of the gene of antimicrobial peptide cecropin P1 for producing marker-free transgenic plants]
| 29th October, 2009
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Generation and characterization of the antibacterial activity of a novel hybrid antimicrobial peptide comprising functional domains from different insect cecropins.
The search for new antimicrobial compounds involves finding novel sources...
Direct Link | 2nd October, 2009
| Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888
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A peptidomics study reveals the impressive antimicrobial peptide arsenal of the wax moth Galleria mellonella.
The complete antimicrobial peptide repertoire of Galleria mellonella was...
Direct Link | 30th September, 2009
| CSIRO, PO Box 225, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia.
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The role of NF-kappaB factor REL2 in the Aedes aegypti immune response.
Mosquitoes transmit numerous diseases that continue to be an enormous...
Direct Link | 28th August, 2009
| Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of
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Structure and function of a custom anticancer peptide, CB1a.
Several natural antimicrobial peptides including cecropins, magainins and...
Direct Link | 11th August, 2009
| Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei,
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CpxRA contributes to Xenorhabdus nematophila virulence through regulation of lrhA and modulation of insect immunity.
The gammaproteobacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila is a blood pathogen of...
Direct Link | 26th June, 2009
| Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA.
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In-silico homology modeling of three isoforms of insect defensins from the dengue vector mosquito, Aedes aegypti (Linn., 1762).
Dengue is a serious public health problem in tropical and subtropical...
Direct Link | 23rd June, 2009
| Centre for Research in Medical Entomology, Indian Council of Medical
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The N-terminal half of the Drosophila Rel/NF-kappaB factor Relish, REL-68, constitutively activates transcription of specific Relish target genes.
The Rel/NF-kappaB transcription factor Relish is a major regulator of the...
Direct Link | 15th April, 2009
| Umea Centre for Molecular Pathogenesis, Umea University, Umea, Sweden.
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| Anionic C-terminal proregion of nematode antimicrobial peptide cecropin P4 precursor inhibits antimicrobial activity of the mature peptide.
| 12th February, 2009
| Division of Insect Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological
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Salivary gland transcriptome analysis during Plasmodium infection in malaria vector Anopheles stephensi.
BACKGROUND: Understanding the tissue-specific molecular cross-talk...
Direct Link | 9th January, 2009
| Molecular Biology Unit, National Center for Cell Science, Ganeshkhind,
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Expression of defensin, cecropin, and transferrin in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) infected with Wuchereria bancrofti (Spirurida: Onchocercidae), and the abnormal development of nematodes in the mosquito.
The temporal expression of defensin, cecropin and transferrin was assessed...
Direct Link | 17th December, 2008
| Department of Entomology, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhaes/FIOCRUZ, Av.
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Antifungal mechanism of antibacterial peptide, ABP-CM4, from Bombyx mori against Aspergillus niger.
Antibacterial peptide, CM4 (ABP-CM4), a 35 amino acid peptide from Chinese...
Direct Link | 15th November, 2008
| Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology,
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| Structure and expression analysis of the cecropin-E gene from the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
| 22nd October, 2008
| Laboratory of Silkworm Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of
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In vitro susceptibility of the Streptococcus milleri group to antimicrobial peptides.
AIM: To determine the susceptibility of strains of the Streptococcus...
Direct Link | 6th September, 2008
| Department of Oral Microbiology, Leeds Dental Institute, Clarendon Way,
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