Susceptibility of Chlamydia trachomatis to protegrins and defensins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 709-713

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; PROTEGRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0030047118     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.3.709-713.1996     Document Type: Article

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