Cationic antimicrobial peptides are a class of small, positively charged peptides known for
their broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. These peptides have also been shown to …

Plant defensins are small, basic peptides that have a characteristic three-dimensional
folding pattern that is stabilized by eight disulfide-linked cysteines. They are termed plant …

Animals and higher plants express endogenous peptide antibiotics called defensins. These
small cysteine-rich peptides are active against bacteria, fungi and viruses. Here we describe …

A variety of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) constitute a prominent
commodity in fisheries and aquacultures, but are also crucial in order to preserve our …

Defensins are a well-characterised group of small, disulphide-rich, cationic peptides that are
produced by essentially all eukaryotes and are highly diverse in their sequences and …

The consumption of marine mussels as popular seafood has increased steadily over the
past decades. Awareness of mussel derived molecules, that promote health, has contributed …

Marine invertebrates lack an acquired, memory-type immunity based on T-lymphocyte
subsets and clonally derived immunoglobulins (72). This differs from the vertebrate immune …

All eukaryotic organisms, single-celled or multi-cellular, produce a diverse array of natural
anti-infective agents that, in addition to conventional antimicrobial peptides, also include …

The discovery of antibiotics for the treatment of bacterial infections brought the idea that
bacteria would no longer endanger human health. However, bacterial diseases still …

Antimicrobial peptides are ancient components of the innate immune system and have been
isolated from organisms spanning the phylogenetic spectrum. Over an evolutionary time …