The mammalian ionic environment dictates microbial susceptibility to antimicrobial defense peptides
Open Access
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 20 (1) , 35-42
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.05-4406com
Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been shown in animal and human systems to be effective natural antibiotics. However, it is unclear how they convey protection; they often appear inactive when assay...Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (AI052453, AR45676)
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