Defensins and other antimicrobial peptides and proteins

Mucosal Immunology, Two-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 95-110

  Lehrer, Robert I ^a   Bevins, Charles L ^b   Ganz, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-012491543-5/50010-3     Document Type: Chapter

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