"Gedankenexperiment"

[Denni Schnapp]

Some of the antibacterial peptides described from insects are very small,
about 12 AA or so, I think, for phyrrococin (if this is spelled right)
and some other peptides described from hemiptera and drosocin from D.
melanogaster. I am almost certain that these peptides have larger pre-
cursors, though!


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Denni Schnapp		    
Gatty Marine Laboratory    			Fax: (0)1334-463443
University of St. Andrews			e-mail: ds4 at st-and.ac.uk
St. Andrews Fife KY16 8LB   			
Scotland		   	http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_sa/personal/ds4/


       		    (Opinions expressed here are my own)

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