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Cecropins

Known as: 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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2011
2011
An atomic force microscopy study of Galleria mellonella apolipophorin III effect on bacteria.
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
Synthesis and antibacterial action of cecropin and proline-arginine-rich peptides from pig intestine.
Two antimicrobial peptides, cecropin P1 (CP1), with a C-terminal carboxyl group, and PR-39, with an amidated, C-terminus, are… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Design, synthesis and antibacterial activity of cecropin-like model peptides.
In order to investigate structure-activity relationships of cecropins, model peptides that mimic certain structural features of… 
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2008
Highly Cited
2008
Cy5 labeled antimicrobial peptides for enhanced detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
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2008
Highly Cited
2008
Innate immunity: eggs of Manduca sexta are able to respond to parasitism by Trichogramma evanescens.
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Identification and functional analysis of Relish homologs in the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Antimicrobial peptide-based array for Escherichia coli and Salmonella screening.
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1999
Highly Cited
1999
Antimicrobial activity of polycationic peptides
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1994
Highly Cited
1994
Lipopolysaccharide-lipophorin complex formation in insect hemolymph: a common pathway of lipopolysaccharide detoxification both in insects and in mammals.
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1992
Highly Cited
1992
The structure of the mammalian antibacterial peptide cecropin P1 in solution, determined by proton-NMR.
Cecropins are peptides with antibacterial activity originally found in insects. Recently a cecropin-type peptide was isolated… 
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