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Modelling study of dimerization in mammalian defensins

BACKGROUND: Defensins are antimicrobial peptides of innate immunity functioning by non-specific binding to anionic phospholipids in bacterial membranes. Their cationicity, amphipathicity and ability to oligomerize are considered key factors for their action. Based on structural information on human...

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Autores principales: Suresh, Anita, Verma, Chandra
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1764473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17254301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-7-S5-S17