Synthetic bovine NK-lysin-derived peptide (bNK2A) does not require intra-chain disulfide bonds for bactericidal activity

• Rohana P. Dassanayake ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rohana.dassanayake@ars.usda.gov

  Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United Sates Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8250-4370

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• Shollie M. Falkenberg,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United Sates Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Eric M. Nicholson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Virus and Prion Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Robert E. Briggs,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United Sates Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Fred M. Tatum,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United Sates Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Vijay K. Sharma,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Food Safety and Enteric Pathogens Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, ARS-USDA, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Timothy A. Reinhardt

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United Sates Department of Agriculture, Ames, IA, United States of America

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