Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobial Peptides : Rates, Mechanisms and Fitness Effects
The rapid emergence of bacterial resistance to antibiotics has necessitated the development of alternative treatment strategies. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are important immune system components that kill microbes rapidly and have broad activity-spectra, making them promising leads for new pharma...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi
2010
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-130168 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7880-3 |