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- 3
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- 9
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- 710-720
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Tomas Ganz
(2003).
Defensins: antimicrobial peptides of innate immunity.
Nature reviews. Immunology
, 3
(9)
, 710-720.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nri1180
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- 10.1038/nri1180