Peptide antibiotics

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1317-1323

  Hancock, Robert E W ^a   Chapple, Daniel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ISOLATION; INSECT; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE MODEL; MOLECULAR MODEL; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS;

EID: 0033042432     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.6.1317     Document Type: Short Survey

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