Plant Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Main Families and Roles: A Review of the Literature

Plant Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Main Families and Roles: A Review of the Literature

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are constituent molecules of the innate defense system and are naturally produced by all organisms. AMPs are characterized by a relatively low molecular weight (less than 10 kDa) and a variable number of cysteine residues that form disulfide bonds and contribute to the...

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Main Authors: Samuel Salomão Silva de Oliveira, Milena Bellei Cherene, Gabriel Bonan Taveira, Érica de Oliveira Mello, André de Oliveira Carvalho, Valdirene Moreira Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
Series:Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Subjects:
plant defense
bioactive peptides
plant antimicrobial peptides
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/47/1/1
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