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Boman index is an estimate of the potential of defensins to bind to other proteins and is the sum of the free energies of the amino acid residue side chains divided by the total number of amino acid residues.
Effects of polymicrobial communities on host immunity and response Xiaoying Lu 1 , Zoya Kurago 2 & Kim A. Brogden 1
1 Department of Periodontics, Dows Institute for Dental Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA; and 2 Department of Oral Pathology, Dows Institute for Dental Research, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
MAIN REFERENCE: Antibacterial peptides: basic facts and emerging concepts H. G. Boman Journal of Internal Medicine Volume 254 Issue 3, Pages 197 - 215
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