Structure analysis of the membrane-bound dermcidin-derived peptide SSL-25 from human sweat
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Dermcidin-α: Green Variant of Dermcidin, Human Antimicrobial Peptide in Sweat†
10.1021/bi0160516 CCC: $22.00 © 2002 American Chemical Society Published on Web 04/01/2002 ABSTRACT: Dermcidin (DCD), an recently discovered antimicrobial peptide, plays a role in the innate response by regulating human skin flora in sweat. Here we describe the isolation of the gene of a variant of dermcidin, designated as DCD-α. This variant has 75% homology to dermcidin and has been found in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0005-2736
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.09.004