Multivalent antimicrobial peptides as therapeutics: Design principles and structural diversities

International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-213

  Liu, S P ^a   Zhou, L ^a,b   Lakshminarayanan, R ^a   Beuerman, R W ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs); Multivalent antimicrobial peptides; Multivalent effect; Structural diversities

Indexed keywords

6 CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; ALAMETHICIN; ARGINYLARGINYLTRYPTOPHANYLTRYPTOPHAN; ARGINYLARGINYLTRYPTOPHANYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; ARGINYLTRYPTOPHANYLARGINYLTRYPTOPHAN; ARGINYLTRYPTOPHANYLARGINYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; BETA DEFENSIN 1; CATIONIC ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE 11 MONOMER; CRYPTIDIN RELATED SEQUENCE PEPTIDE 4C 1A DIMER; CRYPTIDIN RELATED SEQUENCE PEPTIDE 4C 1A MONOMER; CYCLODEXTRIN; DICYNTHAURIN; DISTINCTIN; HALOCIDIN HOMODIMER; HALOCIDIN MONOMER; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER; MONOMERIC VANCOMYCIN; MULTIVALENT POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MULTIVALENT VANCOMYCIN; POLYMERIC VANCOMYCIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TACHYPLESIN 1; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS LINKING; CYCLOADDITION; DIMERIZATION; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SALT TOLERANCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79951556373     PISSN: 15733149     EISSN: 15733904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10989-010-9230-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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