Human beta-defensin-2

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 645-651

  Schröder, Jens M ^a   Harder, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Defensin; Epithelia; HBD 2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEFENSIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KERATINOCYTE; LUNG INFECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSORIASIS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEFENSINS; HUMANS; LUNG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; PSORIASIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

CANDIDA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0038634160     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(99)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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