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Host defence peptides: antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activity and potential applications for tackling antibiotic-resistant infections

The rapidly increasing incidence of multidrug-resistant infections and the alarmingly low rate of discovery of conventional antibiotics create an urgent need for alternative strategies to treat bacterial infections. Host defence peptides are short cationic molecules produced by the immune systems of...

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Autores principales: Nijnik, A, Hancock, REW
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: CoAction Publishing 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3167646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22460279
http://dx.doi.org/10.3134/ehtj.09.001