Cationic antimicrobial peptides: Towards clinical applications

Antibiotiques

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 201-205

  Andres E ^a   Dimarcq, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b EntoMed SA   (France)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Biotechnology; Innate immunity; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

CATION; CECROPIN; DETERGENT; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DISULFIDE; HELIOMYCIN; ISEGANAN; MAGAININ DERIVATIVE; MBI 226; MYCOPREX; OFLOXACIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE MBI; PEXIGANAN; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT BACTERICIDAL PERMEABILITY INCREASING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MECHANISM; FUNGUS; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PATHOGENICITY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0035212051     PISSN: 12945501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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