Novel Antimicrobial Peptides from a Cecropin-Like Region of Heteroscorpine-1 from <i>Heterometrus laoticus</i> Venom with Membrane Disruption Activity
The increasing antimicrobial-resistant prevalence has become a severe health problem. It has led to the invention of a new antimicrobial agent such as antimicrobial peptides. Heteroscorpine-1 is an antimicrobial peptide that has the ability to kill many bacterial strains. It consists of 76 amino aci...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Molecules |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/19/5872 |