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Antimicrobial Peptides

Surgical Infections, 2018
Abstract Background: Bacterial resistance to available antibiotics has resulted in enhanced efforts at antibiotic stewardship but also has led to investigation into alternative methods for managing surgical infections.
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Branched antimicrobial peptides

Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2007
Branched peptides E(RLAR)2, E[E(RLAR)2]2, E(KLAR)2, and E[E(KLAR)2]2 were synthesized on the basis of tetrapeptides RLAR and KLAR and glutamic acid bis(pentafluorophenyl) ester. Their minimal antimicrobial concentrations were shown to decrease along with increase in branching, achieving 12 microM for Escherichia coli cells, which is comparable to ...
A Iu, Khrushchev   +3 more
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Short Antimicrobial Peptides

Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery, 2018
After the era of serendipitous discovery of penicillin and outburst in the discovery and development of highly efficient antibiotics, a surge in resistance against the target specific drugs was observed, primarily due to a combination of selective pressure of antibiotics use and spontaneous mutations.
Komal, Sharma   +3 more
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Antimicrobial Peptides: An Introduction

2016
The "golden era" of antibiotic discovery has long passed, but the need for new antibiotics has never been greater due to the emerging threat of antibiotic resistance. This urgency to develop new antibiotics has motivated researchers to find new methods to combat pathogenic microorganisms resulting in a surge of research focused around antimicrobial ...
Evan F, Haney   +2 more
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Antimicrobial Peptides in the Airway

2006
The airway provides numerous defense mechanisms to prevent microbial colonization by the large numbers of bacteria and viruses present in ambient air. An important component of this defense is the antimicrobial peptides and proteins present in the airway surface fluid (ASF), the mucin-rich fluid covering the respiratory epithelium. These include larger
D M, Laube   +4 more
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Antimicrobial peptides of vertebrates

Current Opinion in Immunology, 1998
The past year brought several discoveries that focused attention on antimicrobial peptides on epithelial surfaces. The malfunction of these substances was implicated as a cause of airway infections in cystic fibrosis. Other highlights included new insights into the relative selectivity of antimicrobial peptides for microbial membranes, their primary ...
T, Ganz, R I, Lehrer
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Antimicrobial peptides in plants.

2010
AbstractThis chapter provides an overview of plant antimicrobial peptides. It mainly focuses on one particular class of plant defence peptides, namely the cyclotides, which have been discovered over the last decade in plants from the Rubiaceae, Violaceae and Cucurbitaceae families.
Kaas, Quentin   +3 more
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Antimicrobial Peptides of Lactoferrin

1994
Lactoferrin was found to contain an antimicrobial sequence near its N-terminus which appears to function by a mechanism distinct from iron chelation. Antimicrobial peptides representing this domain were isolated following pepsin cleavage of human lactoferrin and bovine lactoferrin.
M, Tomita   +3 more
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Cationic antimicrobial peptides – an update

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 2004
Cationic antimicrobial peptides play a very important role in nature as a first line of defence against attack and damage. However, their application to the clinic has not been very encouraging to date. There are indications that the barriers to their success may now be eroding with companies developing peptides to be more stable, cost effective and ...
Lijuan, Zhang, Timothy J, Falla
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Overview on Plant Antimicrobial Peptides

Current Protein & Peptide Science, 2010
Mechanisms related to biotic interactions, such as pathogen attack, herbivory and symbiosis are important challenges to higher plants and have been widely studied especially for breeding purposes. The present review focuses on a special category of defense molecules, the plant antimicrobial peptides, providing an overview of their main molecular ...
A. M. Benko Iseppon   +6 more
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