title: Defensins versus bacteria: not just antibiotics anymore.
authors.forename: Nita H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Salzman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology; D011485:Protein Binding; D013997:Time Factors; D023084:alpha-Defensins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C500225:DEFA5 protein, human; D004768:Enterotoxins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D023084:alpha-Defensins; C406413:human neutrophil peptide 1; C406427:human neutrophil peptide 3; C041348:tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile; C031815:toxB protein, Clostridium difficile; D020741:rho GTP-Binding Proteins