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Preferred term

Cecropins  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Antimicrobial peptides that form channels in membranes that are more permeable to anions than cations. They resemble MAGAININS, with their N-terminal region forming a positively charged amphipathic alpha helix, but containing an additional C-terminal segment.

Entry terms

  • Cecropin

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F2S9PF64-Q

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