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Defensins: microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides of mammalian host defense cells

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    Tomas Ganz, Ami Oren & Robert I. Lehrer

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Ganz, T., Oren, A. & Lehrer, R.I. Defensins: microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides of mammalian host defense cells. Med Microbiol Immunol 181, 99–105 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189428

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