Taute, Helena; Bester, Megan Jean; Gaspar, Anabella Regina Marques(Wiley, 2019-04)
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), Os and Os‐C, have been identified as multifunctional peptides with antibacterial, antiendotoxin, and anti‐inflammatory properties. For further development of Os and Os‐C as therapeutic peptides, ...
Taute, Helena; Bester, Megan Jean; Neitz, Albert Walter Herman; Gaspar, Anabella Regina Marques(Elsevier, 2015-09)
Os and Os-C are two novel antimicrobial peptides, derived from a tick defensin, which have been shown
to have a larger range of antimicrobial activity than the parent peptide, OsDef2. The aim of this study
was to determine ...
Prinsloo, Lezaan; Naidoo, Alex; Serem, June Cheptoo; Taute, Helena; Sayed, Yasien; Bester, Megan Jean; Neitz, Albert Walter Herman; Gaspar, Anabella Regina Marques(Wiley, 2013-05)
Tick defensins may serve as templates for the development of multifunctional peptides. The purpose of this study was to
evaluate shorter peptides derived from tick defensin isoform 2 (OsDef2) in terms of their antibacterial, ...
