Peptide antibiotics and their role in innate immunity
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Annual review of immunology, 1995•annualreviews.orgPeptide Antibiotics and Their Role in Innate Immunity Page 1 Annu. Rev. Immunol. 1995. 13:61-92
Copyright © 1995 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS AND
THEIR ROLE IN INNATE IMMUNITY Hans G. Boman Department of Microbiology, Stockholm
University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden KEY WORDS: antibacterial peptides, processing
of prepropeptides, genes for preproan tibiotics, gene control, chemical synthesis of peptide
antibiotics CONTENTS INTRODUCTION …
Copyright © 1995 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved PEPTIDE ANTIBIOTICS AND
THEIR ROLE IN INNATE IMMUNITY Hans G. Boman Department of Microbiology, Stockholm
University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden KEY WORDS: antibacterial peptides, processing
of prepropeptides, genes for preproan tibiotics, gene control, chemical synthesis of peptide
antibiotics CONTENTS INTRODUCTION …
Animal peptide antibiotics are defined as antimicrobial peptides made by an animal (including humans), usually with a specificity that is important for the innate immunity (nonadaptive immunity) of that animal. These compounds 61
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