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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.
2010
2010
Design, Recombinant Expression, and Antibacterial Activity of the Cecropins–Melittin Hybrid Antimicrobial Peptides
In order to evaluate their antibacterial activities and toxicities, the cecropins–melittin hybrid antimicrobial peptide, CA(1-7… 
2007
2007
A putative helical cytokine functioning in innate immune signalling in Drosophila melanogaster.
2006
2006
Experimental study on the efficacy of combination of α-helical antimicrobial peptides and vancomycin against Staphylococcus aureus with intermediate resistance to glycopeptides
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Activities of Polymyxin B and Cecropin A-Melittin Peptide CA(1-8)M(1-18) against a Multiresistant Strain of Acinetobacter baumannii
ABSTRACT Polymyxin B (PXB) and the cecropin A-melittin hybrid CA(1-8)M(1-18) (KWKLFKKIGIGAVLKVLTTGLPALIS-NH2) were compared for… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Macrophage triggering with cecropin A and melittin-derived peptides induces type II nitric oxide synthase expression.
Triggering of RAW 264.7 cells with a cecropin A-melittin hybrid peptide (CA(1-8)M(1-18)) promoted a rapid rise in the… 
1995
1995
Erwinia soft rot resistance of potato cultivars transformed with a gene construct coding for antimicrobial peptide cecropin B is not altered
Cecropin B is a peptide of approximately 4 kDA which shows antimicrobial activityin vitro against Gram positive and Gram negative… 
1992
1992
Affinity purification and characterization of CIF, an insect immunoresponsive factor with NF-κ-B-like properties
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Biologically active and amidated cecropin produced in a baculovirus expression system from a fusion construct containing the antibody-binding part of protein A.
A synthetic antibody-binding part derived from protein A from Staphylococcus aureus was used as a fusion partner in a eukaryotic… 
1991
1991
Two-dimensional proton-NMR studies on a hybrid peptide between cecropin A and melittin. Resonance assignments and secondary structure.
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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