Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 452567, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/452567
Review Article

Dermaseptins and Magainins: Antimicrobial Peptides from Frogs' Skin—New Sources for a Promising Spermicides Microbicides—A Mini Review

Amira Zairi,1 Frédéric Tangy,2 Khaireddine Bouassida,1 and Khaled Hani1

1Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, 4002 Sousse, Tunisia
2Institut Pasteur, Unité des Virus Lents, CNRS URA 1930, 75015 Paris, France

Received 4 December 2008; Accepted 17 August 2009

Academic Editor: Lori Snyder

Copyright © 2009 Amira Zairi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

Amira Zairi, Frédéric Tangy, Khaireddine Bouassida, and Khaled Hani, “Dermaseptins and Magainins: Antimicrobial Peptides from Frogs' Skin—New Sources for a Promising Spermicides Microbicides—A Mini Review,” Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, vol. 2009, Article ID 452567, 8 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/452567