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Current Biology, 2016 Antimicrobial peptides and proteins (AMPs) are a diverse class of naturally occurring molecules that are produced as a first line of defense by all multicellular organisms. These proteins can have broad activity to directly kill bacteria, yeasts, fungi, viruses and even cancer cells.
Zhang, Ling-juan, Gallo, Richard L.
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Pharmaceuticals, 2013 The rapid increase in drug-resistant infections has presented a serious challenge to antimicrobial therapies. The failure of the most potent antibiotics to kill “superbugs” emphasizes the urgent need to develop other control agents. Here we review the history and new development of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), a growing class of natural and synthetic
Ali Adem Bahar, Dacheng Ren
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Marine Invertebrate Peptides: Antimicrobial Peptides [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Antimicrobial peptides are an important component of many organisms’ innate immune system, with a good inhibitory or killing effect against the invading pathogens. As a type of biological polypeptide with natural immune activities, antimicrobial peptides have a broad spectrum of antibacterial, antiviral, and antitumor activities.
Ran Wu +9 more
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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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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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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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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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