Structural studies of antimicrobial peptides provide insight into their mechanisms of action

Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery, Design and Novel Therapeutic Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 141-168

  Wang, Guangshun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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