Critical Determinants of Human α-Defensin 5 Activity against Non-enveloped Viruses

Sometimes It Takes Two to Tango

(2012) Marzena Pazgier et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Functional Determinants of Human Enteric α-Defensin HD5

(2012) Mohsen Rajabi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The transduction of Coxsackie and Adenovirus Receptor-negative cells and protection against neutralizing antibodies by HPMA-co-oligolysine copolymer-coated adenovirus

(2011) Chung-Huei K. Wang et al.   BIOMATERIALS

α-Defensins in human innate immunity

(2011) Robert I. Lehrer et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Human defensins 5 and 6 enhance HIV-1 infectivity through promoting HIV attachment

(2011) Aprille Rapista et al.   Retrovirology

Trp-26 Imparts Functional Versatility to Human α-Defensin HNP1

(2010) Gang Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Direct Evidence from Single-Cell Analysis that Human  -Defensins Block Adenovirus Uncoating To Neutralize Infection

(2010) E. K. Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

A structural role for arginine in proteins: Multiple hydrogen bonds to backbone carbonyl oxygens

(2010) C.L. Borders et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Insight into the Mechanisms of Adenovirus Capsid Disassembly from Studies of Defensin Neutralization

(2010) Jason G. Smith et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Selective arginines are important for the antibacterial activity and host cell interaction of human α-defensin 5

(2009) Erik de Leeuw et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Electropositive Charge in  -Defensin Bactericidal Activity: Functional Effects of Lys-for-Arg Substitutions Vary with the Peptide Primary Structure

(2009) R. A. Llenado et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Multivalent Binding of Carbohydrates by the Human  -Defensin, HD5

(2009) R. I. Lehrer et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Mechanism of Adenovirus Neutralization by Human α-Defensins

(2008) Jason G. Smith et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Human α-Defensins Inhibit BK Virus Infection by Aggregating Virions and Blocking Binding to Host Cells

(2008) Aisling S. Dugan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Conserved Salt Bridge in Human α-Defensin 5 Is Required for Its Precursor Processing and Proteolytic Stability

(2008) Mohsen Rajabi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY