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RECORD NUMBER: 390 OF 5441| Main Title | Antimicrobial Peptides and Human Disease [electronic resource] / | ||||
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| Type | EBOOK | ||||
| Author | Shafer, William M. | ||||
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg, | ||||
| Year Published | 2006 | ||||
| Call Number | QR180-189.5 | ||||
| ISBN | 9783540299165 | ||||
| Subjects | Medicine ; Immunology | ||||
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| Collation | XI, 266 p. online resource. | ||||
| Notes | Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
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| Contents Notes | Paneth Cell ?-Defensin Synthesis and Function -- Immunomodulatory Properties of Defensins and Cathelicidins -- Host Antimicrobial Defence Peptides in Human Disease -- Antimicrobial Peptides: An Essential Component of the Skin Defensive Barrier -- Antimicrobial Peptides Versus Invasive Infections -- Antimicrobial Peptides in the Airway -- Hepcidin-A Peptide Hormone at the Interface of Innate Immunity and Iron Metabolism -- Innate Host Defense of Human Vaginal and CervicalMucosae -- Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides -- Bacterial Evasion of Antimicrobial Peptides by Biofilm Formation. (will follow) |