Insects are one of the major sources of antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AMPs). Since
observation of antimicrobial activity in the hemolymph of pupae from the giant silk moths …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short proteins with antimicrobial activity. A large portion of
known AMPs originate from insects, and the number and diversity of these molecules in …

Due to the increasing emergence of drug-resistant pathogenic microorganisms, there is a
world-wide quest to develop new-generation antibiotics. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are …

The emergence of drug-resistant pathogens poses a serious critical threat to global public
health and requires immediate action. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of short …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) and proteins are important components of innate immunity
against pathogens in insects. The production of AMPs is costly owing to resource-based …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are vital components of the innate immune system of nearly
all living organisms. They generally act in the first line of defense against various pathogenic …

Multicellular organisms constantly encounter potentially harmful microorganisms. Although
insects lack an adaptive immune system, they do have powerful means of fighting infections …

Classical plant breeding methods are limited in their ability to confer disease resistance on
plants. However, in recent years, advancements in molecular breeding and biotechnological …

Many insect genomes have been sequenced and the innate immune responses of several
species have been studied by transcriptomics, inviting the comparative analysis of immunity …

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) serves as a reference dicot for investigation of defence
mechanisms in Asteraceae due to abundant secondary metabolites and high …