Defensins in the urinary tract and other tissues

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages

  Ganz, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFENSIN; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN HBD1; PROTEIN HBD2; SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHROMOSOME 8; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0035282830     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318838     Document Type: Conference Paper

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