Antimicrobial peptides from marine invertebrates as a new frontier for microbial infection control

Identification of a cathepsin D potentially involved in H2A cleavage from scallop Chlamys farreri

(2009) Chenghua Li et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Potential of immunomodulatory host defense peptides as novel anti-infectives

(2009) Donna M. Easton et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

AMPed up immunity: how antimicrobial peptides have multiple roles in immune defense

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

An exceptional salt-tolerant antimicrobial peptide derived from a novel gene family of haemocytes of the marine invertebrateCiona intestinalis

(2008) Henning Fedders et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

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

(2008) Takahide Kouno et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Control of cell selectivity of antimicrobial peptides

(2008) Katsumi Matsuzaki   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The crosslinking and antimicrobial properties of tunichrome

(2008) Mingmei Cai et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Strongylocins, novel antimicrobial peptides from the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

(2008) Chun Li et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The role of crustins in Litopenaeus vannamei in response to infection with shrimp pathogens: An in vivo approach

(2008) Jessica E. Shockey et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Isolation and characterisation of two antimicrobial peptides from haemocytes of the American lobster Homarus americanus

(2008) Andrea L. Battison et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Hydramacin-1, Structure and Antibacterial Activity of a Protein from the Basal MetazoanHydra

(2008) Sascha Jung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The antimicrobial peptide hepcidin exerts an important role in the innate immunity against bacteria in the bony fish gilthead seabream

(2008) Alberto Cuesta et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

APD2: the updated antimicrobial peptide database and its application in peptide design

(2008) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Studies on anticancer activities of antimicrobial peptides

(2007) David W. Hoskin et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Molecular insight into mechanism of antimicrobial action of the β-hairpin peptide arenicin: Specific oligomerization in detergent micelles

(2007) Tatiana V. Ovchinnikova et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Arasin 1, a proline–arginine-rich antimicrobial peptide isolated from the spider crab, Hyas araneus

(2007) Klara Stensvåg et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Diversity in penaeidin antimicrobial peptide form and function

(2007) Brandon J. Cuthbertson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A reverse search for antimicrobial peptides in Ciona intestinalis: Identification of a gene family expressed in hemocytes and evaluation of activity

(2007) Henning Fedders et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY