Potent bactericidal activity towards gram-positive bacteria of mammalian group II phospholipase A2 mobilized in inflammatory fluids

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 797, Issue , 1996, Pages 250-252

  Madsen, Lisa M ^a   Weinrauch, Yvette ^a   Weiss, Jerrold ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASCITES FLUID; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030476141     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb52967.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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