Animal antimicrobial peptides: ancient players in innate immunity

Author(s): Strominger JL

Abstract

Outstanding research often begins by asking a simple question. Hans Boman asked two such questions. How do animals survive infections if the division time for bacteria is as low as 20 min and the adaptive immune system that produces Abs and T cells requires a week or longer to expand and come into 

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