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Rattusin, an intestinal a-defensin-related peptide in rats with a unique cysteine spacing pattern and salt-insensitive antibacterial activities
Patil, Amar A.; Ouellette, Andre J.; Lu, Wuyuan; Zhang, Guolong (American Society for Microbiology, 2013-04)Cationic antimicrobial peptides are essential components of the innate immune system. As a major family of mammalian antimicrobial peptides, defensins are expressed mainly by mucosal epithelial cells and promyelocytes. ...