Exploring the pharmacological potential of promiscuous host-defense peptides: From natural screenings to biotechnological applications

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Silva, Osmar N ^a,b   Mulder, Kelly C L ^a   Barbosa, Aulus E A D ^a   Otero Gonzalez, Anselmo J ^c   Lopez Abarrategui, Carlos ^c   Rezende, Taia M B ^a   Dias, Simoni C ^a   Franco, Octávio L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Host defense peptides; Innate immunity; Microbial infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84869227893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00232     Document Type: Review

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