Antimicrobial peptides and Complement - Maximising the inflammatory response
Antimicrobial peptides and complement are distinct components of the innate immune defence. While antimicrobial peptides, after cleavage of a preproprotein, have the ability to insert directly in non host membranes, complement requires a sequential enzymatic activation in the fluid phase in order to...
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Main Author: | Cordula M. Stover (auth) |
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Format: | Book Chapter |
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Frontiers Media SA
2015
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