Zasloff, 1992 - Google Patents

Antibiotic peptides as mediators of innate immunity

Zasloff, 1992

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11352701387526100163
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Zasloff M
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Current opinion in immunology

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Antibiotic peptides are widely distributed in nature. Almost all function as membrane-active agents, disrupting target-cell permeability. Several exhibit a striking selectivity for single- celled microbes over metazoan cells, and as such are amongst the simplest components of …
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