Antimicrobial peptides of multicellular organisms

Nature

Volumn 415, Issue 6870, 2002, Pages 389-395

  Zasloff, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS;

MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HELIOMYCIN; IB 367; LACTOFERRICIN; MBI 226; MBI 594; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEXIGANAN ACETATE; SARALASIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA; DRUG SAFETY; GERMINATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL MICROFLORA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DISEASE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PLANTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INSECTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037165196     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/415389a     Document Type: Review

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