Cecropins

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001129",
  "term": "Cecropins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Antimicrobial peptides that form channels in membranes that are more permeable to anions than cations. They resemble magainins, with their N-terminal region forming a positively charged amphipathic alpha helix, but containing an additional C-terminal segment.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "antimicrobial cationic peptides",
    "ion channels",
    "membrane permeability",
    "cell membranes",
    "anions"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2016",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cecropinas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cecropins/"
}