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Deficiency of antibacterial peptides in patients with morbus Kostmann: an observation study by Pütsep, Katrin, Carlsson, Göran, Boman, Hans G, Andersson, Mats

“…Antibacterial peptides, such as defensins and LL-37, are natural bactericidal components similar in potency to classic antibiotics. These peptides are produced…”
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Peptide Antibiotics and their Role in Innate Immunity by Boman, Hans G

“…Animal peptide antibiotics are defined as antimicrobial peptides made by an animal (including humans), usually with a specificity that is important for the…”
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Effect of glucocorticoids on the synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in amphibian skin by Simmaco, Maurizio, Boman, Anita, Mangoni, Maria Luisa, Mignogna, Giuseppina, Miele, Rossella, Barra, Donatella, Boman, Hans G

“…Gene-encoded peptide antibiotics are widespread in insects, plants and vertebrates and confer protection against bacterial and fungal infections. NF-κB is an…”
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Interaction of the Mammalian Antibacterial Peptide Cecropin P1 with Phospholipid Vesicles by Gazit, Ehud, Boman, Anita, Boman, Hans G, Shai, Yechiel

“…Cecropins are positively charged antibacterial polypeptides that were originally isolated from insects. Later on a mammalian homologue, cecropin P1 (CecP), was…”
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Antibacterial peptide from H. pylori by Pütsep, Katrin, Brändén, Carl-Ivar, Boman, Hans G, Normark, Staffan

“…Colonization of the human stomach by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is a predisposing factor for gastrointestinal illnesses such as gastritis and peptic…”
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Germ-free and Colonized Mice Generate the Same Products from Enteric Prodefensins by Pütsep, Katrin, Axelsson, Lars-Göran, Boman, Anita, Midtvedt, Tore, Normark, Staffan, Boman, Hans G., Andersson, Mats

“…The use of germ-free mice offers the possibility to study antibacterial components in a gut uncolonized by bacteria. We have developed a method to extract and…”
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Identification of an anti-mycobacterial domain in NK-lysin and granulysin by Andreu, D, Carreño, C, Linde, C, Boman, H G, Andersson, M

“…NK-lysin and granulysin are homologous cationic anti-bacterial peptides produced by pig and human cytolytic lymphocytes, respectively. The solution structure…”
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N-Terminal analogs of cecropin A: synthesis, antibacterial activity, and conformational properties by Andreu, David, Merrifield, R. B, Steiner, Haakan, Boman, Hans G

“…Six analogues of the 37-residue antibacterial peptide cecropin A were synthesized by the solid-phase method: cecropin A-(2-37), [Glu2]cecropin A,…”
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Molecular cloning of a bombinin gene from Bombina orientalis: detection of NF-κB and NF-IL6 binding sites in its promoter by Miele, Rossella, Ponti, Donatella, Boman, Hans G, Barra, Donatella, Simmaco, Maurizio

“…The sequence of a gene from Bombina orientalis was determined which codes for antibacterial peptides. The gene comprises two exons separated by a large intron…”
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The origin of cecropins; implications from synthetic peptides derived from ribosomal protein L1 by Pütsep, Katrin, Normark, Staffan, Boman, Hans G.

“…We recently showed that Helicobacter pylori grown on plates produce cecropin-like antibacterial peptides to which H. pylori is resistant. This antibacterial…”
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Proteasomes generate in vitro a natural peptide of influenza-A nucleoprotein functional in HLA-B27 antigen assembly by Svensson, Kerstin, Lévy, Frédéric, Sundberg, Ulla, Boman, Hans-G., Hendil, Klavs B., Kvist, Sune

“…We have studied the degradation of a set of long peptldes (9–30 amino acids) from the nucleoprotein of influenza A. In common for all these peptlde8 is the…”
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Gene-encoded peptide antibiotics and innate immunity.: Do `animalcules' have defence budgets? by Barra, Donatella, Simmaco, Maurizio, Boman, Hans G

“…Gene-encoded peptide antibiotics have been isolated from plants, animals and microbes. Their protective role has been related to innate immunity, which has…”
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Shortened cecropin A-melittin hybrids Significant size reduction retains potent antibiotic activity by Andreu, David, Ubach, Josep, Boman, Anita, Wåhlin, Birgitta, Wade, David, Merrifield, R.B., Boman, Hans G.

“…We have earlier reported two 26-residue antibacterial peptides made up from different segments ol'cecropin A (CA) and melittin (M). We now report a substantial…”
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Hemolin: an insect-immune protein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily by Sun, S.C. (University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden), Lindstrom, I, Boman, H.G, Faye, I, Schmidt, O

“…Insects have an efficient defense system against infections. Their antibacterial immune proteins have been well characterized. However, the molecular…”
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Antibacterial peptides: basic facts and emerging concepts by Boman, H. G.

“…  Boman HG (Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden). Antibacterial peptides: basic facts and emerging concepts…”
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Biochemical and Antibacterial Analysis of Human Wound and Blister Fluid by Frohm, Margareta, Gunne, Hans, Bergman, Ann‐Charlotte, Agerberth, Birgitta, Bergman, Tomas, Boman, Anita, Lidén, Sture, Jörnvall, Hans, Boman, Hans G.

“…Fluid from a post‐operative wound, six leg ulcers and a large blister were collected and analysed by biochemical, microbiological and immunological techniques…”
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Innate immunity and the normal microflora by Boman, Hans G.

“…This paper discusses the following ten subtitles with the contents indicated. 1. To meet a microbe: discusses the four alternatives in host-microbe…”
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Gene‐encoded peptide antibiotics and innate immunity by Barra, Donatella, Simmaco, Maurizio, Boman, Hans G

“…Gene‐encoded peptide antibiotics have been isolated from plants, animals and microbes. Their protective role has been related to innate immunity, which has…”
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Hydrophobic Effects on Antibacterial and Channel‐forming Properties of Cecropin A–Melittin Hybrids by JUVVADI, PADMAJA, VUNNAM, SATYANARAYANA, MERRIFIELD, ELIZABETH L., BOMAN, HANS G., MERRIFIELD, R. B.

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Hydrophobic Effects on Antibacterial and Channel-forming Properties of Cecropin A-Melittin Hybrids by Juvvadi, Padmaja, Vunnam, Satyanarayana, Merrifield, Elizabeth L., Boman, Hans G., Merrifield, R. B.

“…The design of cecropin–melittin hybrid analogues is of interest due to the similarities in the structure of the antimicrobial peptides cecropin and melittin…”
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