Mysteries that still remain

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

Volumn 1788, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1693-1694

  Zasloff, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGAININ 2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANALEXIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; EDITORIAL; EPIDERMIS; FROG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN SECRETION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; SKIN; XENOPUS;

EID: 67649265253     PISSN: 00052736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.04.011     Document Type: Editorial

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