Cathelicidins-a rich seam of antimicrobial peptides waiting for exploitation

• Main Authors: Alessandro Tossi (Author), Marco Gerdol (Author), Andrea Caporale (Author), Sabrina Pacor (Author), Mario Mardirossian (Author), Marco Scocchi (Author), Michael D. Prickett (Author), Giorgio Manzini (Author), Renato Gennaro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cathelicidins are a ubiquitous family of host defence antimicrobial peptides in vertebrate animals. Unlike other antimicrobial peptide families, it is defined by a large and relatively well conserved proregion rather than by the mature bioactive peptides themselves, which are highly diverse and conf...