Antimicrobial peptides: Broad-spectrum antibiotics from nature

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 226-229

  Hancock, R E W ^a   Falla, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0007943587     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00566.x     Document Type: Review

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