| molecular cloning and functional characterization of novel antimicrobial peptides from the skin of brown frog, rana zhenhaiensis. | rana zhenhaiensis, a species of brown frog, is widely distributed in central and south china. in the present study, a total of 14 cdna sequences encoding eight novel antimicrobial peptides (amps) were cloned from the synthesized cdnas of r. zhenhaiensis skin. the eight novel amps belong to four families: brevinin-1 (four peptides), brevinin-2 (one peptide), ranatuerin-2 (one peptide) and chensinin-1 (two peptides), five amps from the four families (brevinin-1zha, brevinin-1zhb, brevinin-2zha, ra ... | 2012 | 22943778 |