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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-23
pubmed:abstractText
Antibacterial peptides were first considered rather species-specific. However, the perspective began to change in 1987-89. Five years later there were two symposium volumes and several reviews on gene-encoded peptide antibiotics which covered the known peptides irrespective of origin. The field is rapidly growing and a first update was published in this Journal in 1996. At that time a database was made with about 100 entries; now it has over 400, with some redundancy. Recently a methodological handbook was published and there are many specialized reviews covering only defensins or insect immunity. In the last 2 years, the larger perspective of innate immunity and the role of gene-mediated peptide antibiotics have evolved in ways which justify a new update. Today insects and plants are known to have similar overall design of their defensins while insects and mammals have very similar control mechanisms. The signal pathways are beginning to appear and the future perspective may involve additional changes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0300-9475
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Gene-encoded peptide antibiotics and the concept of innate immunity: an update review.
pubmed:affiliation
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't