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Antibiotic development challenges: the various mechanisms of action of antimicrobial peptides and of bacterial resistance

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural antibiotics produced by various organisms such as mammals, arthropods, plants, and bacteria. In addition to antimicrobial activity, AMPs can induce chemokine production, accelerate angiogenesis, and wound healing and modulate apoptosis in multicellular organ...

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Autores principales: Guilhelmelli, Fernanda, Vilela, Nathália, Albuquerque, Patrícia, Derengowski, Lorena da S., Silva-Pereira, Ildinete, Kyaw, Cynthia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3856679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24367355
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00353