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Diversity of the penaeidin antimicrobial peptides in two shrimp species.
Immunogenetics - 1 Sept 2002
Cuthbertson Brandon J, Shepard Eleanor F, Chapman Robert W, Gross Paul S
Abstract excerpt
Penaeidins, a unique family of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with both proline and cysteine-rich domains, were initially identified in the hemolymph of the Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Described here are the results of an investigation of penaeidin diversity in individual shrimp from two species, L. vannamei and L. setiferus (Atlantic white shrimp). We report the discovery of a novel penaeidin...
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