High-throughput discovery of broad-spectrum peptide antibiotics

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3232-3238

  Rathinakumar, Ramesh ^a   Wimley, William C ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Combinatorial chemistry; High throughput screening; Membrane permeabilization

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE LIBRARY; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG RESEARCH; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPOSOMES; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES; PERMEABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77956623577     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-157040     Document Type: Article

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