Imaging the Antistaphylococcal Activity of CATH-2: Mechanism of Attack and Regulation of Inflammatory Response

ABSTRACT Chicken cathelicidin-2 (CATH-2) is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial host defense peptide (HDP) that may serve as a paradigm for the development of new antimicrobial agents. While previous studies have elucidated the mechanism by which CATH-2 kills Escherichia coli, its mode of action against...

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Main Authors: Viktoria A. F. Schneider, Maarten Coorens, Johanna L. M. Tjeerdsma-van Bokhoven, George Posthuma, Albert van Dijk, Edwin J. A. Veldhuizen, Henk P. Haagsman
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Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/352b9bdb77d34db4a3a3fe1b01f8931e
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