The terminal structure plays an important role in the biological activity of cecropin CMIV

Science in China, Series C: Life Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 494-500

  Dou, Fei ^a   Xie, Wei ^a   Dong, Xueyin ^a   Xu, Xianxiu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Cecropin; GST; Mutant; Terminal structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044431744     PISSN: 10069305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02881773     Document Type: Article

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