Review Article
Antimicrobial Peptides: Their Role as Infection-Selective Tracers for Molecular Imaging
Table 1
Representative antimicrobial peptides of different classifications (modified from [
13]).
| Class | Representatives | Host |
| -helical | LL-37 | Mammal: human | Cecropins | Insect: moth | Melittin | Insect: honey bee | Magainins | Amphibian: frog | Fowlicidins | Ave: chicken |
| -sheet | Thanatin | Insect: soldier bug | Tachyplesins | Arthropod: horseshoe crab | Protegrins | Mammal: pig | Plant defensin VrD2 | Plant: mung bean | Plectasin | Fungus: ebony cup | Insect defensin A | Insect: northern blow fly | α-defensin | Mammal: human | β-defensin | Mammal: human | θ-defensin | Mammal: rhesus monkey |
| Flexible | Indolicidin | Mammal: cow | Tritrpticin | Mammal: pig | Histatins | Mammal: human | PR-39 | Mammal: pig |
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