Cateslytin, a chromogranin A derived peptide is active against Staphylococcus aureus and resistant to degradation by its proteases.

Cateslytin, a chromogranin A derived peptide is active against Staphylococcus aureus and resistant to degradation by its proteases.

Innate immunity involving antimicrobial peptides represents an integrated and highly effective system of molecular and cellular mechanisms that protects host against infections. One of the most frequent hospital-acquired pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus, capable of producing proteolytic enzymes, whi...

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Main Authors: Rizwan Aslam, Céline Marban, Christian Corazzol, François Jehl, François Delalande, Alain Van Dorsselaer, Gilles Prévost, Youssef Haïkel, Corinne Taddei, Francis Schneider, Marie-Hélène Metz-Boutigue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3722296?pdf=render

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