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The repertoire of equine intestinal α-defensins

BACKGROUND: Defensins represent an important class of antimicrobial peptides. These effector molecules of the innate immune system act as endogenous antibiotics to protect the organism against infections with pathogenic microorganisms. Mammalian defensins are classified into three distinct sub-famil...

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Autores principales: Bruhn, Oliver, Paul, Sven, Tetens, Jens, Thaller, Georg
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20030839
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-631