Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BioDrugs
- Vol. 17 (4) , 233-240
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00063030-200317040-00002
Abstract
Many different types of organisms use antimicrobial peptides, typically 20–40 amino acids in length, for defence against infection. Most are capable of rapidly killing a wide range of microbial...Keywords
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