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Detection and partial characterisation of two antibacterial factors from the excretions/secretions of the medicinal maggot Lucilia sericata and their activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Alyson Bexfield, Yamni Nigam, S. Thomas, Norman A. Ratcliffe

Microbes and Infection · 2004 · 227 citations · 27 references

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Insect digestive enzymes: properties, compartmentalization and function

Walter R. Terra, Clélia Ferreira · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Comparative Biochemistry · 1994 · 1.1K citations

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Apidaecins: antibacterial peptides from honeybees.

Peter Casteels, Christophe Ampè, Frans Jacobs et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1989 · 462 citations · Full text

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Insect immunity. Attacins, a family of antibacterial proteins from Hyalophora cecropia.

Dan Hultmark, Åke Engström, Kerstin Andersson et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1983 · 448 citations · Full text

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Superoxide anion generation in Drosophila during melanotic encapsulation of parasites.

Anthony J. Nappi, E. Vass, F. Frey et al. · PubMed · 1995 · 297 citations

Degradation of extracellular matrix components by defined proteinases from the greenbottle larva Lucilia sericata used for the clinical debridement of non-healing wounds

Louise Chambers, Sarah Woodrow, Alan Brown et al. · British Journal of Dermatology · 2003 · 238 citations