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Antimicrobial and host-defense peptides as new anti-infective therapeutic strategies

Nature Biotechnology · 2006 · Vol. 24(12) · pp. 1551–1557
Robert E. W. HancockHans‐Georg Sahl
Antimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesBiochemical and Structural Characterizationvaccines and immunoinformatics approachesAntimicrobial peptidesAntimicrobialInnate immune systemAntibioticsProteaseImmune systemBiologyCathelicidinImmunityImmunology

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents, LocalClinical Trials as TopicDrug DesignAntimicrobial Cationic Peptides

Funding

  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health
  • Genome British Columbia
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Canada Research Chairs
  • Genome Prairie
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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