Botryllin, a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide from the Colonial Ascidian <em>Botryllus schlosseri</em>

By mining the transcriptome of the colonial ascidian <i>Botryllus schlosseri</i>, we identified a transcript for a novel styelin-like antimicrobial peptide, which we named botryllin. The gene is constitutively transcribed by circulating cytotoxic morula cells (MCs) as a pre-propeptide th...

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Main Authors: Nicola Franchi, Loriano Ballarin, Francesca Cima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/21/2/74