Antimicrobial peptide defenses in amphibian skin

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Rollins Smith, Louise A ^a   Reinert, Laura K ^a   O'Leary, Chadrick J ^a   Houston, Laura E ^a   Woodhams, Douglas C ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 19944417272     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.1.137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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