Investigating the antimicrobial peptide 'window of activity' using cationic lipopeptides with hydrocarbon and fluorinated tails

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-42

  Findlay, Brandon ^a   Zhanel, George G ^a   Schweizer, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptides; Benzalkonium chloride; Cationic amphiphiles; Lipopeptides

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CARBON; CATION; FLUORINE; HYDROCARBON; LIPOPEPTIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORINATION; HEMOLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; GOATS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LIPOPEPTIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84861875478     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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