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Defensins: The Case for Their Use against Mycobacterial Infections
Human tuberculosis remains a huge global public health problem with an estimated 1/3rd of the population being infected. Defensins are antibacterial cationic peptides produced by a number of cell types, most notably neutrophil granulocytes and epithelial cells. All three defensin types (α-, β-, and...
Autores principales: | Dong, Haodi, Lv, Yue, Zhao, Deming, Barrow, Paul, Zhou, Xiangmei |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5048032/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27725944 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7515687 |
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