Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781260163698
Author: Cowan
Publisher: MCG
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Restriction factors are an antimicrobial product of the host if a scientist would recreate this in the lab for the preparation of the antiviral drug. What would be their approach.

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Antimicrobial host-derived products are the larger proteins such as nutrient-binding proteins and they contain sites which target specific microbial macromolecules. These proteins act largely by disrupting the structure or function of the cell membranes of the microbes. Restriction factors are antimicrobial products which inhibit the multiplication of viruses in host cells

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