Extreme southern Angola south to Cape Region of Rep. South Africa thence east and north in savanna habitats to north-east-central Central African Republic and southern Sudan and then west to Nigeria; introduced in southern California, Arizona, USA, Mexico, Chile, France, Mexico, Italy, and Java, Indonesia, as well as Ascension Island
Antimicrobial & other activities
antibacterial
Tissue
Skin
Sequence
Length
27
References:
1. for MIC/HC50
W.L. Maloy and U.P. Kari / Biopolymers (Peptide Science) 37 (1995) 105-122. Structure-activity studies on magainins and other host defense peptides