Human defensins

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 587-595

  Schneider, Josef Johann ^a,c   Unholzer, Angela ^a   Schaller, Martin ^a   Schäfer Korting, Monika ^b   Korting, Hans Christian ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Department of Dermatology and Allergology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; HBD 3; HBD 4; Human defensins; Human neutrophil peptides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; AMINO ACID; BETA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; BETA DEFENSIN 4; DEFENSIN; PEPTIDE;

ALPHA HELIX; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMICAL BOND; DISULFIDE BOND; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MAMMAL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DEFENSINS; HUMANS;

EID: 23844442574     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0657-1     Document Type: Review

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