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Alignment of β-defensins. Precursor peptide sequences were obtained from published data and from the PubMed protein database, and were aligned using MacVector software. The bovine β-defensin, Tracheal Antimicrobial Peptide (TAP) is shown for comparison. The conserved β-defensin cysteine spacing is shown in the consensus line. The first residue of the mature peptide region (based on the isolated TAP sequence) is denoted with an asterisk.
