antimicrobial peptide/protein
Overexpression of an antimicrobial peptide derived from C. elegans using an aggregation-prone protein coexpression system
... fusion protein systems have been used in many ...an antimicrobial peptide such as ABF-2 is expressed in a soluble form, it may damage host cells by disrupting their cell ...fusion protein ...
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Identification and Expression Profile Analysis of Antimicrobial Peptide/Protein in Asian Corn Borer, Ostrinia furnacalis (Guenée)
... Antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AMPs) are a group of immune proteins that exhibit strong anti- biotic properties against numerous infectious bacterial strains. They are evolutionarily conserved and present in ...
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The Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Amyloid \(\beta\)-Protein Is an Antimicrobial Peptide
... with Magno-beads pre-loaded with rabbit IgG (IgG) or a polyconal rabbit anti-Ab antibody (a-Ab). Following bead removal samples were analyzed for Ab signal by Western blot and assayed for C. albicans growth by alamar ...
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The Alzheimer’s Disease-Associated Amyloid β-Protein Is an Antimicrobial Peptide
... the peptide functions as an AMP in ...the peptide may be part of a response mounted by the innate immune ...well-characterized antimicrobial protein lactoferrin accumulates in the ...
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Interplay between Candida albicans and the Antimicrobial Peptide Armory
... Recently, it was shown that AMPs can be actively extruded from the cytoplasm of fungal cells. The polyamine efflux trans- porter Flu1, a member of the MDR (multidrug resistance) family, was found to mediate efflux of Hst ...
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Hepcidin and HFE Polymorphisms and Ferritin Level in β-Thalassemia Major
... hepcidin antimicrobial peptide (HAMP) and hemocromatosis protein (HFE) in iron metabolism have been confirmed, this study investigated the effects of these gene's polymorphisms on blood ferritin ...
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Production of Recombinant Bacmid Containing the Coding Sequence of Human Hepcidin
... 11. Srinivasulu B, Syvitski R, Seo JK, Mattatall NR, Knickle LC, Douglas SE. Expression, purification and structural characterization of recombinant hepcidin, an antimicrobial peptide identified in Japanese ...
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Characterisation of the innate immune response to Campylobacter jejuni colonisation in the chicken intestine
... Degrees Celsius Amino acid Antimicrobial peptide Analysis of variance Antigen presenting cell Acute phase protein Acute phase response AU-rich element Avian beta-defensin Biotechnology a[r] ...
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Purification and partial characterization of antimicrobial peptides in the gill epidermal mucoprotein of the red banded grouper, epinephelus fasciatus, (forsskal, 1775)
... The antimicrobial peptide epinecidin-1 from grouper (Epinephelus coioides) demonstrated antibacterial activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus coagulase, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Vibrio ...
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Year in review 2012: Critical Care respiratory infections
... AMP, antimicrobial peptide; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; ARI, acute respiratory infection; ASP, antimicrobial stewardship program; ATS, American Thoracic Society; BAL, bronchoalveolar ...
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Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance Mechanisms of Human Bacterial Pathogens
... Crohn’s disease (CD) is a chronic disease of the intestinal mucosa characterized by granulomatous inflammation. Abnormal response to intestinal bacteria has been postulated to play a role in development of CD, including ...
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Vitamin D and the Human Antimicrobial Peptide LL 37 Enhance Group A Streptococcus Resistance to Killing by Human Cells
... neutrophil antimicrobial peptides (14, 37, ...surface protein GRAB, so upregulation of capsule by LL-37 may reduce the effectiveness of antibody- mediated opsonization ...
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Species-Selective Killing of Bacteria by Antimicrobial Peptide-PNAs
... transporter protein SbmA has recently been identified as required for PNA uptake in ...the peptide-PNA crosses the outer membrane, followed by protease degradation of the peptide carrier in the ...
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A General Approach Towards Triazole-Linked Adenosine Diphosphate Ribosylated Peptides and Proteins
... are the first reported class of enzymes that are able to ubiquitinate target proteins independent of the normally employed enzymatic cascade of E1, E2 and E3 enzymes, utilizing Ub-ADPr as crucial intermediate. Using ...
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<p>Antibacterial mechanism of peptide Cec4 against <em>Acinetobacter baumannii</em></p>
... The antibiotic resistance of A. baumannii is becoming more and more serious. Polymyxin B and colistin, which target the cell membrane, are considered to be the last line of defense against drug-resistant bacteria, but ...
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SYNTHESIS AND ANTIMICROBIAL EVALUATION OF QUINAZOLINONE PEPTIDE DERIVATIVES
... and peptide derivatives of 5-(2-(2-chlorophenyl)-4-oxoquinazolin-3(4H)-yl)-2-hydroxy benzoic acid were synthesized by coupling reaction and screened for their antimicrobial potential against ...promising ...
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Ileal antimicrobial peptide expression is dysregulated in old age
... intestinal antimicrobial peptides in the terminal small intestine of aged ...intestinal antimicrobial peptides produced by Paneth ...in antimicrobial peptide gene expression associated with ...
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Urban particulate matter (PM) suppresses airway antibacterial defence
... Methods: The effects of PM on antibacterial defence were studied using an in vitro infection model. The levels of antimicrobial peptides were measured using RT-PCR and ELISA. In addition to performing ...
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Detection of autoantibodies to citrullinated BiP in rheumatoid arthritis patients and pro inflammatory role of citrullinated BiP in collagen induced arthritis
... levels of anti-citBiP antibodies are higher in RA patients than those of anti-BiP antibodies. We performed B cell epitope mapping of BiP and citBiP. B cell epitope map- ping using linear peptides sometimes misses ...
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Peptide consensus sequence determination for the enhancement of the antimicrobial activity and selectivity of antimicrobial peptides
... the antimicrobial activity of the rationally designed peptide against standard representative strains of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in addition to bacterial strains displaying multidrug ...the ...
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