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Multifunctional cationic host defence peptides and their clinical applications
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 2011 · Vol. 68(13) · pp. 2161–2176
Amy Yeung✉(University of British Columbia)Shaan L. Gellatly(University of British Columbia)Robert E. W. Hancock(University of British Columbia)
Antimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesAquaculture disease management and microbiotaInvertebrate Immune Response MechanismsAntimicrobialAntimicrobial peptidesBiologyCationic polymerizationAntibioticsFunction (biology)Innate immune systemHost (biology)Computational biologyMicrobiology
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HumansImmunity, InnateImmunologic FactorsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesHost-Pathogen InteractionsImmunomodulation
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