Host defense peptides (HDPs) are positively-charged and amphipathic components of the
innate immune system that have demonstrated great potential to become the next …

Homochirality of DNA and prevalent chirality of free and protein-bound amino acids in a
living organism represents the challenge for modern biochemistry and neuroscience. The …

The difference in the crystal structure and growth kinetics of microtubes formed from l-and d-
enantiomers of diphenylalanine dipeptide is investigated both experimentally and …

The rigid crustacean exoskeleton, the cuticle, is composed of the polysaccharide chitin,
structural proteins and mineral deposits. It is periodically replaced to enable growth and its …

This study reports the identification of four novel proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PR-
AMP) from the transcriptome of the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii. The newly …

We computationally study the chiral transition process of the α-Ala molecule under confined
different sizes of armchair SWBNNTs to explore the confinement effect. We find that the …

Over the past decade, in silico genome and transcriptome mining has led to the identification
of many new crustacean peptide families, including the agatoxin-like peptides (ALPs), a …

Sažetak Jedna on najveći prijetnji za populacije nativnih europskih slatkovodnih rakova je
patogen Aphanomyces astaci Shikora, 1906 iz razreda Oomycetes, koji uzrokuje bolest …