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Cecropins
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Cecropins [Chemical/Ingredient]
, cecropin
Antimicrobial peptides that form channels in membranes that are more permeable to anions than cations. They resemble MAGAININS, with their N-terminal…
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2012
2012
Preventing Breast Cancer Growth by Cationic Cecropin B
Guoyao Zang
,
Ashley Thomas
,
+6 authors
Xiufen Zheng
2012
Corpus ID: 54982597
Development of treatment resistance and lack of specificity are common problems in cancer chemotherapy, resulting in diverse and…
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2011
2011
Efficacy of cecropin A-melittin peptides on a sepsis model of infection by pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
R. López-Rojas
,
F. Docobo-Pérez
,
+7 authors
J. Pachón
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and…
2011
Corpus ID: 33347454
Pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have prompted the search for therapeutic alternatives. We evaluate the efficacy of four…
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2010
2010
Design, Recombinant Expression, and Antibacterial Activity of the Cecropins–Melittin Hybrid Antimicrobial Peptides
Yu Cao
,
Rongqing Yu
,
+4 authors
D. Qiao
Current Microbiology
2010
Corpus ID: 19430966
In order to evaluate their antibacterial activities and toxicities, the cecropins–melittin hybrid antimicrobial peptide, CA(1-7…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Gene and Genome Mélange in Breeding of Anthurium and Dendrobium Orchid
T. Fujii
,
R. Mudalige
,
A. Alvarez
,
Honolulu Hawaii
,
M. Way
2004
Corpus ID: 54702708
Both genome breeding (classical hybridisation) and molecular breeding approaches are used concurrently in our program for…
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1997
1997
Identification and Characterization of the Cecropin Antibacterial Protein Gene Locus in Drosophila virilis
Xiaojun Zhou
,
Thuy T. Nguyen
,
D. Kimbrell
Journal of Molecular Evolution
1997
Corpus ID: 24590169
Abstract. Cecropin is a type of antibacterial peptide that is synthesized in response to infection and has been characterized in…
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1996
1996
Synthesis, cloning and expression of genes for antibacterial peptides: Cecropin, magainin and bombinin
K. Martemyanov
,
A. Spirin
,
A. Gudkov
Biotechnology Letters
1996
Corpus ID: 36123264
SummaryThree DNA sequences encoding the antimicrobial peptides bombinin, cecropin and magainin were synthesised. DNA fragments…
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1996
1996
Elicitors triggering the simultaneous gene expression of antibacterial proteins of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
K. Taniai
,
S. Furukawa
,
Toshio Shono
,
Minoru Yamakawa
Biochemical and Biophysical Research…
1996
Corpus ID: 44855547
Various elicitors were examined by Northern blot analysis to investigate the simultaneous induction of gene expression of…
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1994
1994
Secretion of an inducible cecropin-like activity by cultured mosquito cells.
V. P. Hernandez
,
A. Gerenday
,
A. Fallon
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
1994
Corpus ID: 25308076
Characterization of activities that provide potential targets for genetic manipulation of pathogen development, maintenance, and…
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1993
1993
Aggregation state of spin-labeled cecropin AD in solution.
H. Mchaourab
,
James S. Hyde
,
Jimmy B. Feix
Biochemistry
1993
Corpus ID: 20515368
A spin-labeled derivative of the ion channel peptide cecropin AD (Fink et al., 1988) was synthesized and used to investigate its…
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1991
1991
Two-dimensional proton-NMR studies on a hybrid peptide between cecropin A and melittin. Resonance assignments and secondary structure.
D. Sipos
,
K. Chandrasekhar
,
K. Arvidsson
,
Åke Engström
,
Anders Ehrenberg
European Journal of Biochemistry
1991
Corpus ID: 25993215
A hybrid peptide of cecropin A and melittin was investigated by two-dimensional 1H-NMR at pH 5.8 in aqueous solution with 30% (by…
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