Small cationic peptides that are an important component, in most species, of early innate and induced defenses against invading microbes. In animals they are found on mucosal surfaces, within phagocytic granules, and on the surface of the body. They are also found in insects and plants. Among others, this group includes the DEFENSINS, protegrins, tachyplesins, and thionins. They displace DIVALENT CATIONS from phosphate groups of MEMBRANE LIPIDS leading to disruption of the membrane
Antimicrobial Stewardship : Practical implementation of an antibiotic stewardship program / edited by Tamar F. Barlam, Boston Medical Center, Melinda M. Neuhauser, Department of Veteran Affairs, Pranita D. Tamma, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kavita Trivedi, Stanford University School of Medicine
Antimissile missiles -- United States : Face the nation. Sunday, April 27, 1969 / produced by Prentiss Childs, Sylvia Westerman ; directed by Robert Vitarelli ; a production of CBS News
A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, to guide and determine present and future decisions on population control by limiting the number of children or controlling fertility, notably through family planning and contraception within the nuclear family
A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, to guide and determine present and future decisions on population control by limiting the number of children or controlling fertility, notably through family planning and contraception within the nuclear family
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Antinematodal Agents : Biopesticides : state of the art and future opportunities / Aaron D. Gross, editor, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Joel R. Coats, editor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Stephen O. Duke, editor, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, University, Mississippi, James N. Seiber, editor, University of California, Davis, California ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Agrochemicals
