D. Andreu

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Animal antimicrobial peptides: an overview.
Antibiotic peptides are a key component of the innate immune systems of most multicellular organisms. Despite broad divergences in sequence and taxonomy, most antibiotic peptides share a common… Expand
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All-D amino acid-containing channel-forming antibiotic peptides.
The D enantiomers of three naturally occurring antibiotics--cecropin A, magainin 2 amide, and melittin--were synthesized. In addition, the D enantiomers of two synthetic chimeric cecropin-melittin… Expand
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Differential apomucin expression in normal and neoplastic human gastrointestinal tissues.
BACKGROUND/AIMS The cloning of genes encoding human mucins is the basis for the study of their normal tissue distribution and the alterations associated with cancer. The aim of this study was to… Expand
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Connecting Peptide Physicochemical and Antimicrobial Properties by a Rational Prediction Model
The increasing rate in antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains has become an imperative health issue. Thus, pharmaceutical industries have focussed their efforts to find new potent, non-toxic… Expand
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Escherichia coli Cell Surface Perturbation and Disruption Induced by Antimicrobial Peptides BP100 and pepR*
The potential of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as an alternative to conventional therapies is well recognized. Insights into the biological and biophysical properties of AMPs are thus key to… Expand
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Activity of Cecropin A-Melittin Hybrid Peptides against Colistin-Resistant Clinical Strains of Acinetobacter baumannii: Molecular Basis for the Differential Mechanisms of Action
ABSTRACT Acinetobacter baumannii has successfully developed resistance against all common antibiotics, including colistin (polymyxin E), the last universally active drug against this pathogen. The… Expand
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Screening of antifeedant activity in brain extracts led to the identification of sulfakinin as a satiety promoter in the German cockroach. Are arthropod sulfakinins homologous to vertebrate…
The feeding cycle of the adult female cockroach Blattella germanica parallels vitellogenesis. The study of the mechanisms that regulate this cycle led us to look for food-intake inhibitors in brain… Expand
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Binding and action of cecropin and cecropin analogues: antibacterial peptides from insects.
The mechanism of action of cecropin was studied by using liposomes as a model system. The bilayer was efficiently destroyed if the liposome net charge was zero or negative. Cecropin analogues with an… Expand
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Shortened cecropin A‐melittin hybrids Significant size reduction retains potent antibiotic activity
We have earlier reported two 26‐residue antibacterial peptides made up from different segments ol'cecropin A (CA) and melittin (M). We now report a substantial reduction in size at the C‐terminal… Expand
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Amphibian antimicrobial peptides and Protozoa: lessons from parasites.
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) from amphibians and other eukaryotes recognize pathogenicity patterns mostly related to differences in membrane composition between the host and a variety of bacterial,… Expand
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