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Editorial
. 2021 Feb 16:12:640938.
doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.640938. eCollection 2021.

Editorial: Natural Antimicrobial Peptides: Hope for New Antibiotic Lead Molecules

Shaikh Jamal Uddin  1 , Jamil Ahmad Shilpi  1 , Lutfun Nahar  2 , Satyajit D Sarker  2 , Ulf Göransson  3   4
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Editorial: Natural Antimicrobial Peptides: Hope for New Antibiotic Lead Molecules

Shaikh Jamal Uddin et al. Front Pharmacol. .
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Keywords: antibiotic; antimicrobial drug resistance; drug discovery; natural antimicrobial peptides; natural products.

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