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Plant antimicrobial peptides [PDF]
Folia Microbiologica, 2013 Plant antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a component of barrier defense system of plants. They have been isolated from roots, seeds, flowers, stems, and leaves of a wide variety of species and have activities towards phytopathogens, as well as against bacteria pathogenic to humans.
Nawrot, Robert +5 more
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Peptide Antimicrobial Agents [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2006 SUMMARYAntimicrobial host defense peptides are produced by all complex organisms as well as some microbes and have diverse and complex antimicrobial activities. Collectively these peptides demonstrate a broad range of antiviral and antibacterial activities and modes of action, and it is important to distinguish between direct microbicidal and indirect ...
Håvard, Jenssen +2 more
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C-PAmP: large scale analysis and database construction containing high scoring computationally predicted antimicrobial peptides for all the available plant species. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial peptides are a promising alternative to conventional antibiotics. Plants are an important source of such peptides; their pharmacological properties are known since antiquity.
Anastasia Niarchou +3 more
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Worms’ Antimicrobial Peptides [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2019 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are natural antibiotics produced by all living organisms. In metazoans, they act as host defense factors by eliminating microbial pathogens. But they also help to select the colonizing bacterial symbionts while coping with specific environmental challenges.
Renato, Bruno +12 more
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Antimicrobial dendrimeric peptides [PDF]
European Journal of Biochemistry, 2002 Dendrimeric peptides selective for microbial surfaces have been developed to achieve broad antimicrobial activity and low hemolytic activity to human erythrocytes. The dendrimeric core is an asymmetric lysine branching tethered with two to eight copies of a tetrapeptide (R4) or an octapeptide (R8).
James P, Tam, Yi-An, Lu, Jin-Long, Yang
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Antimicrobial Peptide Nanomaterials
, 2023 Antimicrobial peptides exist throughout nature and are produced by multicellular organisms as a defence mechanism against pathogenic microbes. Multi-drug resistant bacteria pose a serious threat to public health. In the increasing absence of new antibiotic agents, there is a need for the development of novel strategies to target bacterial infections ...
Coulter, Sophie, Laverty, Garry
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De novo peptides as potential antimicrobial agents
Heliyon, 2023 The phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance threatens our ability to treat common infections. The clinical pipeline for new antimicrobials is pretty much dry and hence, there is a need for the development of new antimicrobial agents with low toxicities to
Margaret Amerley Amarh +2 more
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Antimicrobial Peptides in Action [PDF]
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2006 Molecular dynamics simulations of the magainin MG-H2 peptide interacting with a model phospholipid membrane have been used to investigate the mechanism by which antimicrobial peptides act. Multiple copies of the peptide were randomly placed in solution close to the membrane.
Leontiadou, H. +2 more
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Analysis and Prediction of some Histone-derived Antimicrobial Peptides from Toads Duttaphrynus melanostictus and Phyrinoidis asper [PDF]
Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Research, 2016 Antimicrobial peptides in skin secretions of toads is a promising methods to combat a wide spectrum of bacteria. Histone H2A is a type of DNA-binding protein that acts as a precursor for several antimicrobial peptides. In toads (family Bufonidae) buforin
Muhammad Dailami +2 more
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Hydrocarbon Stapled Antimicrobial Peptides [PDF]
The Protein Journal, 2018 Abstract Antimicrobial peptides are promising candidates for anti-infective pharmaceuticals. Unfortunately, because of their low proteolytic and chemical stability, their usage is generally narrowed down to topical formulations. Until now, numerous approaches to increase peptide stability have been proposed.
Dorian Migoń +2 more
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