Protegrins: Structural requirements for inactivating elementary bodies of Chlamydia trachomatis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 4863-4866

  Yasin, Bushra ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^a   Harwig, Sylvia S L ^a   Wagar, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; PROTEGRIN; PROTEGRIN DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISULFIDE BOND; LEUKOCYTE; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0029958321     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.11.4863-4866.1996     Document Type: Article

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