Antimicrobial activity, mechanism of action, and methods for stabilisation of defensins as new therapeutic agents

Bioactive compounds, such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), have increasingly been used recently to counteract the rapidly increasing incidence of bacterial resistance to usual antibiotics and chemotherapeutics. In humans, endogenous AMPs are part of the immune system and act against pathogens. Defe...

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Main Authors: Meri Amerikova, Ivanka Pencheva El-Tibi, Vania Maslarska, Stanislav Bozhanov, Konstantin Tachkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2019.1611385