The Capsule Sensitizes Streptococcus pneumoniae to α-Defensins Human Neutrophil Proteins 1 to 3
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The Capsule Sensitizes Streptococcus pneumoniae to -Defensins Human Neutrophil Proteins 1 to 3
The Capsule Sensitizes Streptococcus pneumoniae to -Defensins Human Neutrophil Proteins 1 to 3 Katharina Beiter,† Florian Wartha,† Robert Hurwitz, Staffan Normark, Arturo Zychlinsky, and Birgitta Henriques-Normark* Department of Bacteriology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 171 82 Solna, Sweden; Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.01748-07