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Interpreting Shared Characteristics: The Platypus Genome
The platypus has repurposed the b-defensin genes, making copies that have been selected for more effective toxicity when their product proteins are injected into other animals. One especially ...
Medical News Today4y
Honey: Health Benefits, Uses and Risks
2 Honey contains the protein defensin-1, which has the ability to kill bacteria. 4 Raw, unpasteurized honey can be used as a topical agent for wounds but should not be used in place of a ...
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Salivary Antimicrobial Peptide in Patients With Dementia Before and After Clinical Oral Rehabilitation Programme: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Emerging evidence suggests a link between salivary metabolite changes and neurodegenerative dementia, with antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) implicated in its pathogenesis.We investigated the effects of a ...
Nature12y
Copy Number Variation and Human Disease
Am J Hum Genet 77, 606-16 (2005) Fellermann, K. et al. A chromosome 8 gene-cluster polymorphism with low human Beta-defensin 2 gene copy number predisposes to crohn disease of the colon.
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Heat Shock Factor Regulation of Antimicrobial Peptides Expression Suggests a Conserved Defense Mechanism Induced by Febrile Temperature in Arthropods
China-ASEAN Belt and Road Joint Laboratory on Mariculture Technology, Guangzhou, China ...