The Ancestral N-Terminal Domain of Big Defensins Drives Bacterially Triggered Assembly into Antimicrobial Nanonets

Comparative Proteomics Studies of Insect Cuticle by Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Application of a Novel Proteomics Approach to the Pea Aphid Cuticular Proteins

(2018) Victor Masson et al.   PROTEOMICS

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria show widespread collateral sensitivity to antimicrobial peptides

(2018) Viktória Lázár et al.   Nature Microbiology

Novel protein science enabled by total chemical synthesis

(2018) Stephen B. H. Kent   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Immune-suppression by OsHV-1 viral infection causes fatal bacteraemia in Pacific oysters

(2018) Julien de Lorgeril et al.   Nature Communications

Evolution of defence cocktails: Antimicrobial peptide combinations reduce mortality and persistent infection

(2017) Caroline Zanchi et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Ubiquitously expressed Human Beta Defensin 1 (hBD1) forms bacteria-entrapping nets in a redox dependent mode of action

(2017) Judith Raschig et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Variations in the interaction of human defensins with Escherichia coli: Possible implications in bacterial killing

(2017) Basil Mathew et al.   PLoS One

Combination Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides

(2016) Guozhi Yu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Structure-function analysis of Avian β-defensin-6 and β-defensin-12: role of charge and disulfide bridges

(2016) Ming Yang et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The Defensins Consist of Two Independent, Convergent Protein Superfamilies

(2016) Thomas M. A. Shafee et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A straightforward method for automated Fmoc-based synthesis of bio-inspired peptide crypto-thioesters

(2016) Victor P. Terrier et al.   Chemical Science

Ex vivo assessment of testicular toxicity induced by carbendazim and iprodione, alone or in a mixture

(2016) Cédric Pisani   ALTEX-Alternatives to Animal Experimentation

High polymorphism in big defensin gene expression reveals presence–absence gene variability (PAV) in the oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2015) Rafael D. Rosa et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular characterization and expression patterns of the big defensin gene in freshwater mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii)

(2014) G.-L. Wang et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Molecular Basis for Self-Assembly of a Human Host-Defense Peptide That Entraps Bacterial Pathogens

(2014) Phoom Chairatana et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Toll-Like Receptor 9 Deficiency Protects Mice against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lung Infection

(2014) Fatima BenMohamed et al.   PLoS One

Peptide design for antimicrobial and immunomodulatory applications

(2013) Evan F. Haney et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Cell-mediated reduction of human β-defensin 1: a major role for mucosal thioredoxin

(2013) S U Jaeger et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Expression, tissue localization and synergy of antimicrobial peptides and proteins in the immune response of the oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2012) Paulina Schmitt et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Evolutionary origin of β-defensins

(2012) Shunyi Zhu et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular characterization and expression of a novel big defensin (Sb-BDef1) from ark shell, Scapharca broughtonii

(2012) Meng Li et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

The first chordate big defensin: Identification, expression and bioactivity

(2012) Lei Teng et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

ß-Defensins: Multifunctional Modulators of Infection, Inflammation and More?

(2012) Fiona Semple et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Human  -Defensin 6 Promotes Mucosal Innate Immunity Through Self-Assembled Peptide Nanonets

(2012) H. Chu et al.   SCIENCE

Initial Insights into Structure-Activity Relationships of Avian Defensins

(2011) Chrystelle Derache et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Big Defensins, a Diverse Family of Antimicrobial Peptides That Follows Different Patterns of Expression in Hemocytes of the Oyster Crassostrea gigas

(2011) Rafael D. Rosa et al.   PLoS One

9-Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl-Based Solid-Phase Synthesis of Peptide α-Thioesters

(2010) Franziska Mende et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

PLATINUM: a web tool for analysis of hydrophobic/hydrophilic organization of biomolecular complexes

(2009) Timothy V. Pyrkov et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A folded and functional synthetic PA1b: An interlocked entomotoxic miniprotein

(2009) Pedro Da Silva et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

DANGLE: A Bayesian inferential method for predicting protein backbone dihedral angles and secondary structure

(2009) Ming-Sin Cheung et al.   JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE

A Novel β-Defensin Structure: A Potential Strategy of Big Defensin for Overcoming Resistance by Gram-Positive Bacteria†‡

(2008) Takahide Kouno et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY