The multiple faces of host defence peptides and proteins

Journal of Innate Immunity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-326

  Schmidtchen, Artur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; DEFENSIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BETA-DEFENSINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 84863327813     PISSN: 1662811X     EISSN: 16628128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339249     Document Type: Editorial

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