Hemocidins in a functional and structural context of human antimicrobial peptides

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 13, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 6859-6871

  Mak, Pawel ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antimicrobial; Cathelicidins; Defensins; Endometrium; Hemocidins; Hemoglobin; Innate; Microbicidal; Peptides; Reproductive; Review; Vagina

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEMEPROTEINS; HEMOGLOBINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 52049101765     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3194     Document Type: Review

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