Endogenous vertebrate antibiotics. Defensins, protegrins, and other cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptides

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 797, Issue , 1996, Pages 228-239

  Lehrer, Robert I ^a,b   Ganz, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHS 37 062 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INSECT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FUNGI; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030449497     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52963.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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