Original involvement of antimicrobial peptides in mussel innate immunity
Open Access
- 12 December 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 486 (3) , 185-190
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02192-x
Abstract
Recently, the existence and extended diversity of antimicrobial peptides has been revealed in two mussel species. These molecules are classified into four groups according to common features of their...Keywords
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