Live-cell imaging and analysis shed light on the complexity and dynamics of antimicrobial peptide action

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Muñoz, Alberto ^a   Read, Nick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872961021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00248     Document Type: Article

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