Antimicrobial peptides in 2014.

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Published in Pharmaceuticals (Basel) on March 23, 2015

Authors

Guangshun Wang1, Biswajit Mishra2, Kyle Lau2, Tamara Lushnikova2, Radha Golla2, Xiuqing Wang2,3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986495 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6495, USA. gwang@unmc.edu.
2: Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986495 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6495, USA.
3: Institute of Clinical Laboratory, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, China.

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