Biophysical analysis of membranetargeting antimicrobial peptides: Membrane properties and the design of peptides specifically targeting gramnegative bacteria

Antimicrobial Peptides: Discovery, Design and Novel Therapeutic Strategies

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 116-127

  Epand, Richard M ^a   Epand, Raquel F ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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