Mechanisms for induction of acquired host immunity by neutrophil peptide defensins.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on January 19, 1999

Authors

J W Lillard1, P N Boyaka, O Chertov, J J Oppenheim, J R McGhee

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, 273A BBRB, 845 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-2170, USA.

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