Insect defensins: inducible antibacterial peptides
- 31 December 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Immunology Today
- Vol. 13 (10), 411-415
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-5699(92)90092-l
Abstract
In response to bacterial challenge or trauma, insects produce a battery of bactericidal or bacteriostatic molecules with a broad spectrum of activity against Gram-positive and/or Gram-negative bacteria; most are small-sized cationic peptides. This review focuses on insect defensins, a large group of inducible antibacterial peptides that are present both in ancient and recent insect orders. This immune response of insects shares many of the characteristics of the mammalian acute phase response.Keywords
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