A colorimetric assay for rapid screening of antimicrobial peptides

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-227

  Kolusheva, Sofiya ^a   Boyer, Laurent ^a   Jelinek, Raz ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCREENING;

ACETYLENE; ALAMETHICIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLORIMETRY; MELITTEN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSOMES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; PERMEABILITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; POLYACETYLENES; POLYMERS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0033973792     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72697     Document Type: Article

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