Michael Zasloff

Antimicrobial peptides of multicellular organisms

Michael Zasloff · Nature · 2002 · 8.4K citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +10

A recurrent mutation in the BMP type I receptor ACVR1 causes inherited and sporadic fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

Eileen M. Shore, Meiqi Xu, George Feldman et al. · Nature Genetics · 2006 · 1.2K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +11

Human β-Defensin-1 Is a Salt-Sensitive Antibiotic in Lung That Is Inactivated in Cystic Fibrosis

Mitchell J. Goldman, G.Mark Anderson, Ethan D. Stolzenberg et al. · Cell · 1997 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

The peptide antibiotic LL-37/hCAP-18 is expressed in epithelia of the human lung where it has broad antimicrobial activity at the airway surface

Robert Bals, Xiaorong Wang, Michael Zasloff et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 745 citations

Life Sciences, Immunology, Innate Immunity +14

Plectasin is a peptide antibiotic with therapeutic potential from a saprophytic fungus

Per Mygind, Rikke L. Fischer, Kirk Schnorr et al. · Nature · 2005 · 656 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacology +12