Effects of Hydrophobicity on the Antifungal Activity of α-Helical Antimicrobial Peptides
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Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA Department of Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen University Centre for Infectious Diseases, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen University Centre for Infectious Diseases, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada *Corresponding author: Robert S. Hodges, [email protected]
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