Title : The human beta-defensin-1 and alpha-defensins are encoded by adjacent genes: two peptide families with differing disulfide topology share a common ancestry.

Pub. Date : 1997 Aug 1

PMID : 9268634






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 The 362-bp cDNA encoded a prepropeptide that corresponded precisely to the recently identified human beta-defensin HBD-1, an antimicrobial peptide implicated in the resistance of epithelial surfaces to microbial colonization. prepropeptide defensin beta 1 Homo sapiens