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Antimicrobial Bee Venom Peptide Identified

 

 

 

Melectin: A Novel Antimicrobial Peptide from the Venom of the

Cleptoparasitic Bee Melecta albifrons

 

ChemBioChem, Published Online: 22 Oct 2008

 

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A novel antimicrobial peptide designated melectin was isolated from the

venom of the cleptoparasitic bee Melecta albifrons…

 

 

 

Synthetic melectin exhibited antimicrobial activity against both

Gram-positive and -negative bacteria and it degranulated rat peritoneal

mast cells, but its hemolytic activity was low…

 

 

 

 

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