Small cationic peptides that are an important component, in most species, of early innate and induced defenses against invading microbes. In animals they are found on mucosal surfaces, within phagocytic granules, and on the surface of the body. They are also found in insects and plants. Among others, this group includes the DEFENSINS, protegrins, tachyplesins, and thionins. They displace DIVALENT CATIONS from phosphate groups of MEMBRANE LIPIDS leading to disruption of the membrane
Agents that modify interfacial tension of water; usually substances that have one lipophilic and one hydrophilic group in the molecule; includes soaps, detergents, emulsifiers, dispersing and wetting agents, and several groups of antiseptics
Amphitheaters -- England -- Chester : The Roman amphitheatre of Chester. Volume 1, The prehistoric and Roman archaeology / Tony Wilmott and Dan Garner ; with contributions by Julian Baum [and 24 others] ; illustrations by John Vallender [and 6 others]
Amphitrite (Ship) : A journal of the first French embassy to China, 1698-1700 / translated from an unpublished manuscript by Saxe Bannister. With an essay on the friendly disposition of the Chinese government and people to foreigners
Silva, António José da, 1705-1739. Amphitryão : A critical Portuguese/English edition of Anfitrião, ou Júpiter e Alcmena/Amphitryon, or Jupiter and Alcmena / by the eighteenth-century Portuguese Jewish writer António José da Silva ; translated, with introduction and notes by Philip Krummrich ; with a preface by Emmanuel Harris II
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Amphitryon (Greek mythological character) -- Drama : A critical Portuguese/English edition of Anfitrião, ou Júpiter e Alcmena/Amphitryon, or Jupiter and Alcmena / by the eighteenth-century Portuguese Jewish writer António José da Silva ; translated, with introduction and notes by Philip Krummrich ; with a preface by Emmanuel Harris II
