›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (7): 204-208.

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Research Progress on Antimicrobial Peptide against Diseases

ZHOU Ji-zhang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health of Ministry of Agriculture, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China
  • Received:2011-12-21 Online:2012-07-20 Published:2012-07-16

Abstract: Antimicrobial peptide has ability to restrain the growth of bacteria, virus, fungus and cancers. Which is not only no drug resistance, but also no toxic to normal cells. It is a kind of ideal biologics in the future. This paper reviews the relative research about antimicrobial peptide against on bacteria, virus, fungus and cancer, describs the application prospect of AMPs and discusses the existed problems about AMPs at present.

Key words: antimicrobial peptide; against diseases; research progress

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