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Defensins are
small cysteine-rich
cationic proteins across cellular life,
including vertebrate and
invertebrate animals, plants, and fungi. They are host...
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Plant defensins (formerly gamma-thionins) are a
family of primitive,
highly stable, cysteine-rich
defensins found in
plants that
function to
defend them...
- Beta
defensins are a
family of
vertebrate defensins. The beta
defensins are
antimicrobial peptides implicated in the
resistance of
epithelial surfaces...
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Arthropod defensins are a
family defensin proteins found in mollusks, insects, and arachnids.
These cysteine-rich
antibacterial peptides are primarily...
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Alpha defensins are a
family of
mammalian defensin peptides of the
alpha subfamily. They are also
known as
cryptdins and are
produced within the small...
- antigens,
Paneth cells secrete several anti-microbial
compounds (notably
defensins and lysozyme) that are
known to be
important in
immunity and host-defense...
- Theta-
defensins (θ-
defensins, retrocyclins, or demidefensins) are a
family of
mammalian antimicrobial peptides. They are
found in non-human 'Old World'...
- Beta-
defensin 1 is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the DEFB1 gene.
Defensins form a
family of
microbicidal and
cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils...
- Beta-
defensin 2 (BD-2) also
known as skin-antimicrobial
peptide 1 (SAP1) is a
peptide that in
humans is
encoded by the DEFB4 (
defensin, beta 4) gene....
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peptides that have been
sequenced and
identified fall into
three categories:
defensin-like
peptides (OvDLPs), C-type
natriuretic peptides (OvCNPs), and nerve...
