Effects of pH and salinity on the antimicrobial properties of clavanins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2898-2903

  Hee Lee, I N ^a   Cho, Yoon ^a   Lehrer, Robert I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLAVANIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 1842373858     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2898-2903.1997     Document Type: Article

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