Antimicrobial Peptides and Innate Immunity

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hiemstra, Pieter S. (Editor), Zaat, Sebastian A. J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Progress in Inflammation Research
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Medical microbiology.; Infectious diseases.; Biochemistry.; Biomedicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Biochemistry, general.; Medical Microbiology.

Antimicrobial peptides have been the subject of intense research in the past decades, and are now considered as an essential part of the defense system in bacteria, plants, animals and humans. This book provides an update on these effector molecules of the innate immune system both for researchers w...