ANTIBIOTIC PEPTIDES AS MEDIATORS OF INNATE IMMUNITY

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ZASLOFF, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PENN,SCH MED,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
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10.1016/0952-7915(92)90115-U
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
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 system, which distinguishes environmental microbes from 'self.
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