Mode of action of linear amphipathic α-helical antimicrobial peptides

Biopolymers

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 451-463

  Oren, Ziv ^a   Shai, Yechiel ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Linear amphipathic helical antimicrobial peptides; Membrane permeation; Peptide lipid interactions

Indexed keywords

ALAMETHICIN; CECROPIN; DERMASEPTIN; MAGAININ 2; PARDAXIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

EID: 0032443219     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0282(1998)47:6<451::AID-BIP4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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