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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Antimicrobial Peptides > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Dermcidins
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Dermcidins

Preferred term

Dermcidins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Scope note

  • 47-amino acid peptides secreted by ECCRINE GLANDS and having a role in innate cutaneous defense, being antimicrobial to some pathogenic BACTERIA. They are overexpressed by some primary BREAST CANCER cells. They are derived from 110 residue PROTEIN PRECURSORS.

History note

  • 2008

In other languages

  • dermisidiinit

    Finnish

  • dementia senilis depressiva
  • dermisidiini
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön preseniili psykoosi
  • tarkemmin määrittämätön seniili dementia
  • Dermcidiner

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054805

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