Bacterial evasion of host antimicrobial peptide defenses

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Cole, Jason N ^a,b   Nizet, Victor ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION;

EID: 84966400415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.VMBF-0006-2015     Document Type: Article

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