Antimicrobial peptides: A review of how peptide structure impacts antimicrobial activity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5271, Issue , 2004, Pages 20-27

  Soares, Jason W ^a   Mello, Charlene M ^a  

^a US Army Research Development and Engineering Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Antimicrobial peptide; Peptide structure; Peptide membrane interactions

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; FUNGI; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TOXIC MATERIALS; VIRUSES;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE-MEMBRANE INTERACTION; PEPTIDE STRUCTURE;

POLYPEPTIDES;

EID: 2442471758     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.516171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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