Immune Responses to Gram-Negative Bacteria in Hemolymph of the Chinese Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus
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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.584808
Abstract: Chinese horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, is an ancient marine arthropod with a long evolutionary history. As a kind of living fossil species, the pathogen defenses of horseshoe crabs entirely depend on the innate immune system.… read more here.
Keywords: gram negative; horseshoe crab; chinese horseshoe; negative bacteria ... See more keywords
Identification of a Novel Antimicrobial Peptide From the Ancient Marine Arthropod Chinese Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus
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DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.794779
Abstract: Humoral immunity is the first line of defense in the invertebrate immune system, and antimicrobial peptides play an important role in this biological process. A novel antimicrobial peptide, termed Tatritin, was identified and characterized in… read more here.
Keywords: novel antimicrobial; crab tachypleus; antimicrobial peptide; chinese horseshoe ... See more keywords