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Magainins

Known as: Magainins [Chemical/Ingredient], magainin 
A class of antimicrobial peptides discovered in the skin of XENOPUS LAEVIS. They kill bacteria by permeabilizing cell membranes without exhibiting… 
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Review
2006
Review
2006
SFG studies on interactions between antimicrobial peptides and supported lipid bilayers.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Antimicrobial peptide-based array for Escherichia coli and Salmonella screening.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Antimicrobial activity of polycationic peptides
1999
1999
Antiviral effects of synthetic membrane-active peptides on herpes simplex virus, type 1.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Use of Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Markers in Breeding for Major Gene Resistance to Plant Pathogens
Markers are of interest to plant breeders as a source of genetic information on crops and for use in indirect selection of traits… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Anticancer efficacy of Magainin2 and analogue peptides.
Linear helical channel-forming peptides structurally similar to the Xenopus-derived antibiotic, Magainin2-amide, were synthesized… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Antimicrobial peptides in the stomach of Xenopus laevis.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Bombinin-like peptides with antimicrobial activity from skin secretions of the Asian toad, Bombina orientalis.
1988
1988
Biogenic amines and active peptides in the skin of fifty-two African amphibian species other than bufonids.
1988
1988
Relationship of promagainin to three other prohormones from the skin ofXenopus laevis: A different perspective
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