Introduction of antimicrobial peptides and other defense molecules of immune response factors of horseshoe lymph

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Antimicrobial peptides are natural immune substances produced by the constituent expression or induction of animals and plants in the body, and are an important part of

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tachyplesins and polyphemus (collectively referred to as peregrine) are a group of small molecule polypeptides present in the small particles of the blood lymph granule cells of the horseshoe, consisting of 17 to 18 amino acids, and the relative molecular mass is about 2.

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In addition to the above immune active factors

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