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Selectivity in the mechanism of action of antimicrobial mastoparan peptide Polybia-MP1

✍ Scribed by Marcia Perez dos Santos Cabrera; Sabrina Thais Broggio Costa; Bibiana Monson de Souza; Mario Sérgio Palma; José Roberto Ruggiero; João Ruggiero Neto

Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 478 KB
Volume: 37
Category: Article
ISSN: 1432-1017
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0299-7

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