Antimicrobial peptides in mammalian and insect host defence

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Taguchi, 1998, A novel insect defensin from the ant Formica rufa, Biochimie, 80, 343, 10.1016/S0300-9084(98)80078-3

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Simmaco, 1998, Experimental infections of Rana esculenta with Aeromonas hydrophila: a molecular mechanism for the control of the normal flora, Scand J Immunol, 48, 357, 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00407.x