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Antimicrobial C3a –Biology, Biophysics, and Evolution

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Current Topics in Innate Immunity

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  1. Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden

    Martin Malmsten

  2. Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Clinical Sciences Biomedical Center, Lund University, Tornavägen 10, SE-221 84 Lund

    Artur Schmidtchen

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Malmsten, M., Schmidtchen, A. (2007). Antimicrobial C3a –Biology, Biophysics, and Evolution. In: Lambris, J.D. (eds) Current Topics in Innate Immunity. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 598. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71767-8_11

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