Antimicrobial peptides in mammalian and insect host defence

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-27

  Lehrer, Robert I ^a   Ganz, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL GRANULE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033067196     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(99)80005-3     Document Type: Article

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