Mode of action of antimicrobial proteins, pore-forming toxins and biologically active peptides (Hypothesis)

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 82-90

  Schmidt, Otto ^a   Rahman, M M ^a   Ma, G ^a   Theopold, U ^b   Sun, Y ^c   Sarjan, M ^d   Fabbri, M ^e   Roberts, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM   (Indonesia)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Channel formation; Cholesterol; Endocytosis; Lectins; Lipid rafts; Lipophorin; Peptide hormones; Pore forming toxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645400677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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