Abstract
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 FIVE CHEMICALLY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS . . . . . . . . . . .. 63 Linear, Mostly Helical, Peptides Without Cys, With or Without a Hinge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Linear Pep tides Without Cys and with a High Proportion of Certain Residues . . . . . . . . . 67 Antibacterial Peptides with One Disulfide Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Peptides with Two or More S-S Bonds Giving Mainly or Only fJ-Sheet Structures. . . . . . . 69 Antibacterial Peptides Derivedfrom Larger Polypeptides with Other Known Functions . . 72 ANTIBACTERIAL PROTEINS AND ACTIVE FRAGMENTS OF SUCH PROTEINS . . . . 73
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BiologyInnate immune systemAntibioticsImmunityImmunologyPeptideMicrobiologyImmune systemBiochemistry
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Hans G. Boman
(1995).
Peptide Antibiotics and Their Role in Innate Immunity.
Annual Review of Immunology
, 13
(1)
, 61-92.
https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.iy.13.040195.000425
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- 10.1146/annurev.iy.13.040195.000425