The cecropin locus. Cloning and expression of a gene cluster encoding three antibacterial peptides in Hyalophora cecropia.

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Published in J Biol Chem on June 25, 1991

Authors

G H Gudmundsson1, D A Lidholm, B Asling, R Gan, H G Boman

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1: Department of Microbiology, University of Stockholm, Sweden.

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