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The role of amphibian antimicrobial peptides in protection of amphibians from pathogens linked to global amphibian declines
2009
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes
Amphibian species have experienced population declines and extinctions worldwide that are unprecedented in recent history. Many of these recent declines have been linked to a pathogenic skin fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, or to iridoviruses of the genus Ranavirus. One of the first lines of defense against pathogens that enter by way of the skin are antimicrobial peptides synthesized and stored in dermal granular glands and secreted into the mucus following alarm or injury. Here, I
doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.03.008
pmid:19327341
fatcat:dqh2lq57g5azljiqdxxtcgve64