New generation of peptide antibiotics

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 633-638

  Dubin, Adam ^a   Mak, Paweł ^a   Dubin, Grzegorz ^a   Rzychon, Małgorzata ^a   Stec Niemczyk, Justyna ^a   Wladyka, Benedykt ^a   Maziarka, Katarzyna ^a   Chmiel, Dorota ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Hemocidins; Hemoglobin; Protease inhibitor; Staphopain; Staphostatin; Staphylococcus; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 27644523509     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2005_3423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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