Antimicrobial peptides of vertebrates

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-44

  Ganz, Tomas ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032005344     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(98)80029-0     Document Type: Article

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