Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by UP Author "Taute, Helena"

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The dual functionality of antimicrobial peptides Os and Os‐C in human leukocytes

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, ...
Investigation into the mechanism of action of the antimicrobial peptides Os and Os-C derived from a tick defensin

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 ...
Structural and functional characterization of peptides derived from the carboxy-terminal region of a defensin from the tick Ornithodoros savignyi

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, ...

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