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A synthetic peptide adhesion epitope as a novel antimicrobial agent

A synthetic peptide adhesion epitope as a novel antimicrobial agent

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A synthetic peptide adhesion epitope as a novel antimicrobial agent

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A synthetic peptide adhesion epitope as a novel antimicrobial agent

Publisher

New York: Nature Publishing Group US

Journal title

Nature biotechnology, 1999-01, Vol.17 (1), p.42-47

Language

English

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

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Contents

The earliest step in microbial infection is adherence by specific microbial adhesins to the mucosa of the oro-intestinal, nasorespiratory, or genitourinary tract. We inhibited binding of a cell surface adhesin of
Streptococcus mutans
to salivary receptors in vitro
,
as measured by surface plasmon resonance, using a synthetic peptide (p1...

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A synthetic peptide adhesion epitope as a novel antimicrobial agent

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_17192593

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_17192593

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ISSN

1087-0156

E-ISSN

1546-1696

DOI

10.1038/5213

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