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Prokaryotic Expression, Purification, and Antibacterial Activity of the Hepcidin Peptide of Crescent Sweetlips (Plectorhinchus cinctus)
- Peixin Wang,
- Zhongjing Lin,
- Shaoling Lin,
- Baodong Zheng,
- Yi Zhang and
- Jiamiao Hu
The hepcidin peptide of crescent sweetlips (Plectorhinchus cinctus) is a cysteine-rich, cationic antimicrobial peptide that plays a crucial role in the innate immune system’s defense against invading microbes. The aim of this study was to ident...