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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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2012
2012
Preventing Breast Cancer Growth by Cationic Cecropin B
Development of treatment resistance and lack of specificity are common problems in cancer chemotherapy, resulting in diverse and… 
2011
2011
Efficacy of cecropin A-melittin peptides on a sepsis model of infection by pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Pan-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have prompted the search for therapeutic alternatives. We evaluate the efficacy of four… 
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… 
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2004
Review
2004
Gene and Genome Mélange in Breeding of Anthurium and Dendrobium Orchid
Both genome breeding (classical hybridisation) and molecular breeding approaches are used concurrently in our program for… 
1997
1997
Identification and Characterization of the Cecropin Antibacterial Protein Gene Locus in Drosophila virilis
Abstract. Cecropin is a type of antibacterial peptide that is synthesized in response to infection and has been characterized in… 
1996
1996
Synthesis, cloning and expression of genes for antibacterial peptides: Cecropin, magainin and bombinin
SummaryThree DNA sequences encoding the antimicrobial peptides bombinin, cecropin and magainin were synthesised. DNA fragments… 
1996
1996
Elicitors triggering the simultaneous gene expression of antibacterial proteins of the silkworm, Bombyx mori.
Various elicitors were examined by Northern blot analysis to investigate the simultaneous induction of gene expression of… 
1994
1994
Secretion of an inducible cecropin-like activity by cultured mosquito cells.
Characterization of activities that provide potential targets for genetic manipulation of pathogen development, maintenance, and… 
1993
1993
Aggregation state of spin-labeled cecropin AD in solution.
A spin-labeled derivative of the ion channel peptide cecropin AD (Fink et al., 1988) was synthesized and used to investigate its… 
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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