Leonardo Ortega, Crisleri Carrera, Carolina Muñoz-Flores, Santiago Salazar, Milton F Villegas, María F Starck, Ariel Valenzuela, Niza Agurto, Raquel Montesino, Allisson Astuya, Natalie Parra, Ercilia T Pérez, Natacha Santibáñez, Alex Romero, Pamela Ruíz, Emilio Lamazares, Fátima Reyes, Oliberto Sánchez, Jorge R Toledo, Jannel Acosta
NK-lysin is a potent antimicrobial peptide (AMP) with antimicrobial activity against bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites. NK-lysin is a type of granulysin, a member of the saposin-like proteins family first isolated from a pig's small intestine. In previous work, for the first time, we identified four variants of nk-lysin from Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) using EST sequences. In the present study, we reported and characterized two additional transcripts of NK-lysin from S. salar . Besides, we evaluated the tissue distribution of three NK-lysins from S...
2024: Frontiers in Immunology