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Cationic antimicrobial peptides in penaeid shrimp.
Marine biotechnology (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Aug 2011
Tassanakajon Anchalee, Amparyup Piti, Somboonwiwat Kunlaya, Supungul Premruethai
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Penaeid shrimp aquaculture has been consistently affected worldwide by devastating diseases that cause a severe loss in production. To fight a variety of harmful microbes in the surrounding environment, particularly at high densities (of which intensive farming represents an extreme example), shrimps have evolved and use a diverse array of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as part of an important first-line response...
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