Antimicrobial defensin peptides form voltage-dependent ion-permeable channels in planar lipid bilayer membranes.
Bruce L. Kagan(University of California, Los Angeles), Robert I. Lehrer(University of Maryland, Baltimore), Tomas Ganz(University of California, Los Angeles), Michael E. Selsted(University of Southern California)
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