Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides-The Defensins

Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 55-66

  Antcheva, Nikolinka ^a   Zelezetsky, Igor ^a   Tossi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 65349102415     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012369442-3/50014-3     Document Type: Chapter

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