Armadillidin H, a glycine-rich peptide from the terrestrial crustacean Armadillidium vulgare, displays an unexpected wide antimicrobial spectrum with membranolytic activity.

Armadillidin H, a glycine-rich peptide from the terrestrial crustacean Armadillidium vulgare, displays an unexpected wide antimicrobial spectrum with membranolytic activity.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are key components of innate immunity and are widespread in nature, from bacteria to vertebrate animals. In crustaceans, there are currently 15 distinct AMP families published so far in the literature, mainly isolated from members of the Decapoda order. Up to now, armad...

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Main Authors: Julien Verdon, Coutos-Thévenot Pierre, Marie-helene Rodier, Celine Landon, Segolene Depayras, Cyril Noel, Sylvain La Camera, Bouziane Moumen, Pierre Greve, Didier Bouchon, Jean-Marc Berjeaud, Christine Braquart-Varnier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Antimicrobial peptide
crustacean
mode of action
Scanning electron microscopy
Membrane permeabilization
Transmission electron microscopy.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01484/full

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