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You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia <ref>DOI 10.1002/ijch.201300024</ref> or to the article describing Jmol <ref>PMID:21638687</ref> to the rescue. | You may include any references to papers as in: the use of JSmol in Proteopedia <ref>DOI 10.1002/ijch.201300024</ref> or to the article describing Jmol <ref>PMID:21638687</ref> to the rescue. | ||
==Introduction== | |||
Magainin are a class of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) found in the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis. | |||
AMPs consists of 10-50 amino acids, and are produced by Eukaryotes, as part of their defence mechanism from bacteria. For informatoin about AMP you can visit the Proteopedia page [[Antimicrobial peptides]] | |||
They were discovered by Dr. Michael Zasloff and first reported in 1987. | |||
== Function == | == Function == | ||
