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Optimal Salt Bridge for Trp-Cage Stabilization

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ER stress and the unfolded protein response in intestinal inflammation

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The Engineering of an Orally Active Conotoxin for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain

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“ER Stress(ed Out)!”: Paneth Cells and Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury of the Small Intestine

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

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Endoplasmic reticulum stress and intestinal inflammation

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Mechanisms of α-Defensin Bactericidal Action: Comparative Membrane Disruption by Cryptdin-4 and Its Disulfide-Null Analogue†

(2008) Chrystalleni Hadjicharalambous et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Anionic Amino Acids near the Pro-α-defensin N Terminus Mediate Inhibition of Bactericidal Activity in Mouse Pro-cryptdin-4

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

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In VitroActivation of the Rhesus Macaque Myeloid α-Defensin Precursor proRMAD-4 by Neutrophil Serine Proteinases

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