Antimicrobial peptides and their mechanism of action

Research Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Mohd, Anis ^a   Gupta, U S ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Bacteriocins; Cecropins; Defensins; Innate immunity; Thionins

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79958838397     PISSN: 09736263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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