Improved activity of a synthetic indolicidin analog

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 771-775

  Falla, Timothy J ^a   Hancock, Robert E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG UPTAKE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030997215     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.4.771     Document Type: Article

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