ArticleToxins2021
Antimicrobial Activity of Snake β-Defensins and Derived Peptides.
Article in Toxins, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- AHR: The Overlooked Mediator in SkincareBridging Environmental Sensing and Skin Physiology.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Snake Venom Compounds: A New Frontier in the Battle Against Antibiotic-Resistant Infections.Toxins · 2025Review
- Combating Antibiotic Resistance: Mechanisms, Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens, and Novel Therapeutic Approaches: An Updated Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Contribution of Human Antimicrobial Peptides to Fungi.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Diversity analysis of sea anemone peptide toxins in different tissues of Heteractis crispa based on transcriptomics.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Past, Present, and Future of Naturally Occurring Antimicrobials Related to Snake Venoms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Review
- Two-Dimensional Blue Native/SDS Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for Analysis of BrazilianToxins · 2022Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
β-defensins are antimicrobial peptides presenting in vertebrate animals. They participate in innate immunity, but little is known about them in reptiles, including snakes. Although several β-defensin genes were described in Brazilian snakes, their function is still unknown. The peptide sequence from these genes was deduced, and synthetic peptides (with approximately 40 amino acids and derived peptides) were tested against pathogenic bacteria and fungi using microbroth dilution assays. The linear peptides, derived from β-defensins, were designed applying the bioisosterism strategy. The linear β-defensins were more active against
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