Host defense peptides and their potential as therapeutic agents. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard M. Epand, editor.
• Editors: Epand, Richard M, 1937-
• Contents: Diversity in Host Defense Antimicrobial Peptides -- Antifungal Host Defense Peptides -- Antiviral Host Defense Peptides -- Anticancer peptides: prospective innovation in cancer therapy -- Plant Antimicrobial Peptides -- Host Defense Peptides and the Eicosanoid Cascade -- Bacterial resistance to host defence peptides -- Engineered OAKs Against Antibiotic Resistance and for Bacterial Detection -- Structural Analysis of Amphibian, Insect and Plant Host Defense Peptides Inspires the Design of Novel Therapeutic Molecules -- How to teach old antibiotics new tricks -- Antimicrobial peptides and Preterm Birth -- Host defense peptides and their advancements in translational Staphylococcus aureus research.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 321 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 615.3/29; Life sciences; Peptide antibiotics; Peptides; MEDICAL / Pharmacology; Peptide antibiotics; Peptides; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; Anti-Infective Agents; Immunomodulation; Drug Resistance, Microbial; Medical -- Immunology; Science -- Biotechnology; Medical -- Biochemistry; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biology -- Microbiology; Immunology; Microbiology (non-medical); Biochemistry; Biochemistry; Immunology; Microbiology; Science -- Life Sciences -- Biochemistry; Proteins; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319329499; 3319329499; 3319329472; 9783319329475
• Related ISBNs: 9783319329475
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 11, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.