Reawakening retrocyclins: ancestral human defensins active against HIV-1.

Human alpha and beta defensins contribute substantially to innate immune defenses against microbial and viral infections. Certain nonhuman primates also produce theta-defensins-18 residue cyclic peptides that act as HIV-1 entry inhibitors. Multiple human theta-defensin genes exist, but they harbor a...

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Auteurs principaux: Nitya Venkataraman, Amy L Cole, Piotr Ruchala, Alan J Waring, Robert I Lehrer, Olga Stuchlik, Jan Pohl, Alexander M Cole
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Langue:EN
Publié: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/f8b480c4c8ed42c79bbeceed7bb3ce6f
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