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. 2009 Jan 30;5(1):e1000277. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000277

Figure 1. Pore-forming protegrins.

Figure 1

(A) A single protegrin peptide; note the abundance of positive charges due to arginine side chains (shown in blue). Cysteine-cysteine disulfide bonds are shown in yellow. (B) Eight protegrin peptides aggregate to form a membrane-spanning pore.