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Antibacterial Peptide Protocols pp 35–49Cite as

Strategies for the Isolation and Characterization of Antimicrobial Peptides of Invertebrates

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Resistance of bacteria to antibiotics has become one of the main problems in human health. In addition, in agronomy, microbial diseases are largely responsible for the decrease in agricultural production. The discovery of new antibiotic families is a way to circumvent such problems and antimicrobial peptides may represent a new type of such antibiotics.

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Hetru, C., Bulet, P. (1997). Strategies for the Isolation and Characterization of Antimicrobial Peptides of Invertebrates. In: Shafer, W.M. (eds) Antibacterial Peptide Protocols. Methods In Molecular Biology™, vol 78. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-408-9:35

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