Interaction of lipopolysaccharide with the antimicrobial peptide "cecropin A"

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 391, Issue , 1996, Pages 357-360

  Jacks, T J ^a   De Lucca, A J ^a   Brogden, K A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CECROPIN A; LIPID A;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SWINE;

EID: 0029973306     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_29     Document Type: Article

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