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CECROPINE [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

An antibacterial peptide found in insects and used experimentally in genetics and immunology.

OBS

Compare defensin, attacin, 18-wheeler.

CONT

Study of cecropine-like peptides produced by cultured cells of human origin; ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
  • Biologie végétale
CONT

Les cécropines sont des peptides d'insectes [...] Ils se caractérisent par leur activité antimicrobienne. [...] Les cécropines "percent" un canal dans la paroi des bactéries, qui se vident ainsi de leur contenu et meurent.

OBS

Nous savons aujourd'hui que cette propriété n'est plus le fait des seuls insectes et amphibiens, puisque, récemment, des peptides antibactériens ont été identifiés chez des mammifères : dans le duodénum du porc, dans le lait de vache et dans la salive des bovidés.

Spanish

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