Antibiotic peptides as mediators of inna
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Michael Zasloff
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Article
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1992
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Antibiotic peptides are widely distributed in nature. Almost all function as membrane-active agents, disrupting target-cell permeability. Several exhibit a striking selectivity for single-celled microbes over metazoan cells, and as such are amongst the simplest components of the animal's defensive s