Non-membrane targets of antimicrobial peptides: Novel therapeutic opportunities?

Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery, Design and Novel Therapeutic Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 128-140

  Cho, Ju Hyun ^a   Kim, Sun Chang ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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