Antimicrobial Peptide Defenses in Amphibian Skin

One of the most urgent problems in conservation biology today is the continuing loss of amphibian populations on a global scale. Recent amphibian population declines in Australia, Central America, the western United States, Europe, and Africa have been linked to a pathogenic chytrid fungus, Batracho...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Integrative and comparative biology 2005, Vol.45 (1), p.137-142
Hauptverfasser:	Rollins-Smith, Louise A., Reinert, Laura K., O'Leary, Chadrick J., Houston, Laura E., Woodhams, Douglas C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphibians Animal glands Antimicrobials Conservation Physiology of Population Declines Frogs Fungi Norepinephrine Pathogens Secretion Skin Skin glands
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