Antimicrobial peptides in plants

Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery, Design and Novel Therapeutic Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 40-71

  Kaas, Quentin ^a   Westermann, Jan Christoph ^a   Troeira Henriques, Sónia ^a,b   Craik, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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