Artificial β-defensin based on a minimal defensin template
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Artificial β-defensin based on a minimal defensin template
Nikolinka ANTCHEVA*, Francesca MORGERA*, Luisa CREATTI*, Lisa VACCARI†, Ulrike PAG‡, Sabrina PACOR*, Yechiel SHAI§, Hans-Georg SAHL‡ and Alessandro TOSSI*1 *Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Giorgieri Street 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy, †ELETTRA Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Area Science Park, 34012 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy, ‡Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Par...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj20082242