Effect of ions on antibacterial activity of human beta defensin 2

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 749-754

  Tomita, Tetsuji ^a   Hitomi, Shigemi ^a   Nagase, Takahide ^a   Matsui, Hirotoshi ^a   Matsuse, Takeshi ^a   Kimura, Satoshi ^a   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anions; Cations; Human beta defensin 2

Indexed keywords

ANION; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BUFFER; CALCIUM ION; CATION; CHLORIDE ION; DEFENSIN; DIVALENT CATION; MAGNESIUM ION; MONOVALENT CATION; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BETA-DEFENSINS; CALCIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033818544     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2000.tb02559.x     Document Type: Article

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