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Antimicrobial Peptides: An Emerging Category of Therapeutic Agents

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), also known as host defense peptides, are short and generally positively charged peptides found in a wide variety of life forms from microorganisms to humans. Most AMPs have the ability to kill microbial pathogens directly, whereas others act indirectly by modulating th...

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Autores principales: Mahlapuu, Margit, Håkansson, Joakim, Ringstad, Lovisa, Björn, Camilla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5186781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083516
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00194

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