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