Myticin, a novel cysteine‐rich antimicrobial peptide isolated from haemocytes and plasma of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis
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- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 265 (1) , 71-78
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00654.x
Abstract
We report here the isolation of two isoforms of a novel cysteine‐rich peptide from haemocytes (isoform A of 4.438 Da and B of 4.562 Da) and plasma (isoform A) of the mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis...Keywords
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