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The insect defensin lucifensin from Lucilia sericata

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Acknowledgments

The project is part of the DanCARD center funded by the Danish Council for Strategic Research. We would like to acknowledge the Carlsberg Research Center for use of the 800 MHz spectrometer and in that respect thank Bent Pedersen and Sebastian Meier for technical assistance with recording of the NMR spectra. We would also like to thank Charlotte Steen for aiding with MALDI-TOF MS. The NMR laboratory at Aalborg University is supported by the Obel and SparNord foundations. Discovery and recombinant production of Lucifensin was supported by a grant from the Danish Research Council for Technology and Production (grant number 274-05-0435 to K. A. K).

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  1. Institute for Physics and Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Skjernvej 4A, 9220, Aalborg Ø, Denmark

    Mads Kristian Erlin Nygaard & Peter Fojan

  2. Department for Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, Sohngaardsholmsvej 49, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark

    Reinhard Wimmer

  3. Novozymes A/S, 2880, Bagsværd, Denmark

    Anders Schou Andersen & Hans-Henrik Kristensen

  4. The Department of Microbiological Surveillance and Research, Statens Serum Institute, Ørestads Boulevard 5, 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark

    Anders Schou Andersen & Karen Angeliki Krogfelt

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Nygaard, M.K.E., Andersen, A.S., Kristensen, HH. et al. The insect defensin lucifensin from Lucilia sericata . J Biomol NMR 52, 277–282 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10858-012-9608-7

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