Peptide Antibiotics Developed by Mimicking Natural Antimicrobial Peptides
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Antimicrobial preservative effectiveness of natural peptide antibiotics.
The constantly growing resistance of microbes to drugs and other substances which fight microbial infections leads to search for new antimicrobial substances. Among substances which attract the scientists attention are antimicrobial peptides. Such compounds are quite common in nature and belong to the most important elements of the innate immune system of all living organisms. Numerous antimicr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology: Open Access
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2327-5073
DOI: 10.4172/2327-5073.1000291