Redox Active Antimicrobial Peptides in Controlling Growth of Microorganisms at Body Barriers

• Main Authors: Piotr Brzoza (Author), Urszula Godlewska (Author), Arkadiusz Borek (Author), Agnieszka Morytko (Author), Aneta Zegar (Author), Patrycja Kwiecinska (Author), Brian A. Zabel (Author), Artur Osyczka (Author), Mateusz Kwitniewski (Author), Joanna Cichy (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Epithelia in the skin, gut and other environmentally exposed organs display a variety of mechanisms to control microbial communities and limit potential pathogenic microbial invasion. Naturally occurring antimicrobial proteins/peptides and their synthetic derivatives (here collectively referred to a...