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- responsible for defensin production are highly polymorphic.[citation needed] Vertebrate defensins are primarily α-defensins and β-defensins. Some primates...
- functioning to protect. Human Paneth cells produce two α-defensins known as human α-defensin HD-5 (DEFA5) and HD-6 (DEFA6). HD-5 has a wide spectrum of...
- Plant defensins (formerly gamma-thionins) are a family of primitive, highly stable, cysteine-rich defensins found in plants that function to defend them...
- Beta-defensin 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DEFB1 gene. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils...
- Alpha defensins are a family of mammalian defensin peptides of the alpha subfamily. They are also known as cryptdins and are produced within the small...
- are part of the reproductive system in women. Defensins alpha-Defensins beta-Defensins theta-defensins Cathelicidins LL-37 Whey acid proteins SLPI Elafin...
- Beta defensins are a family of vertebrate defensins. The beta defensins are antimicrobial peptides implicated in the resistance of epithelial surfaces...
- findings in mammalian defensins. Furthermore, it was also shown that the N-terminal helix region in arthropod or insect defensins is also not required...
- for the discrepancy. Defensins form a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides made by neutrophils. Members of the defensin family are highly similar...
- epithelial cells called Paneth cells secrete abundant quantities human α-defensins into the intestinal lumen of healthy individuals. Lysozyme is another...