Have Host Defense Peptides Been Acting in Innate Immunity Since the Trilobites of the Cambrian Period 540 Million Years Ago?
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عنوان ژورنال: Juntendo Medical Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2187-9737,2188-2126
DOI: 10.14789/jmj.62.96