Role of membranes in the activities of antimicrobial cationic peptides

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-149

  Hancock, Robert E W ^a   Rozek, Annett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Cationic peptide; Membrane; Mode of action; Model Membrane

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTRUM;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0037050278     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00480-3     Document Type: Short Survey

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