Insects are one of the major sources of antimicrobial peptides/proteins (AMPs). Since
observation of antimicrobial activity in the hemolymph of pupae from the giant silk moths …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are part of the armament that insects have developed to fight
off pathogens. Insect AMPs are typically cationic and often made of less than 100 amino acid …

Animals and higher plants express endogenous peptide antibiotics called defensins. These
small cysteine-rich peptides are active against bacteria, fungi and viruses. Here we describe …

Lepidopteran insects provide important model systems for innate immunity of insects,
particularly for cell biology of hemocytes and biochemical analyses of plasma proteins …

Background The larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella are increasingly used (i)
as mini-hosts to study pathogenesis and virulence factors of prominent bacterial and fungal …

Multicellular organisms constantly encounter potentially harmful microorganisms. Although
insects lack an adaptive immune system, they do have powerful means of fighting infections …

Two defensins showing high mutual similarity have previously been characterized in
honeybee Apis mellifera: royalisin, a peptide isolated from the royal jelly, and defensin …

A cDNA encoding gallerimycin, a novel antifungal peptide from the greater wax moth
Galleria mellonella, was isolated from a cDNA library of genes expressed during innate …

Abstract Background Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an essential component of innate
immunity which can rapidly respond to diverse microbial pathogens. Insects, as a rich …

The dlt operon encodes proteins that alanylate teichoic acids, the major components of cell
walls of gram-positive bacteria. This generates a net positive charge on bacterial cell walls …