Discovery of Novel Thanatin-like Antimicrobial Peptides from Bean Bug <i>Riptortus pedestris</i>

• Main Authors: Pavel V. Panteleev (Author), Julia S. Teplovodskaya (Author), Anastasia D. Utkina (Author), Anastasia A. Smolina (Author), Roman N. Kruglikov (Author), Victoria N. Safronova (Author), Ilia A. Bolosov (Author), Olga V. Korobova (Author), Alexander I. Borzilov (Author), Tatiana V. Ovchinnikova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<b>Background:</b> Endogenous antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are evolutionarily ancient molecular factors of innate immunity that play a key role in host defense. The study of the diversity of animal defense peptides has important applications in the context of the growing global antimicr...