Antimicrobial peptides in health and disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1199-1200

  Zasloff, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PSORIASIS; SKIN;

EID: 0037057687     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020106     Document Type: Editorial

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