Proline-Rich Antimicrobial Peptides in Medicinal Maggots of Lucilia sericata Interact With Bacterial DnaK But Do Not Inhibit Protein Synthesis

• Main Authors: Małgorzata Cytryńska (Author), Mohammad Rahnamaeian (Author), Agnieszka Zdybicka-Barabas (Author), Kristin Dobslaff (Author), Thole Züchner (Author), Guénaël Sacheau (Author), C. Axel Innis (Author), Andreas Vilcinskas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the search for new antibiotics to combat multidrug-resistant microbes, insects offer a rich source of novel anti-infectives, including a remarkably diverse array of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with broad activity against a wide range of species. Larvae of the common green bottle fly Lucilia ser...