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Amal Thamri, Myriam Létourneau, Alex Djoboulian, David Chatenet, Eric Déziel, Annie Castonguay, Jonathan Perreault
Peptide modification results in the formation of a dimer with a 60-fold enhanced antimicrobial activity
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