Lipidated peptidomimetics with improved antimicrobial activity

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 683-686

  Hu, Yaogang ^a   Amin, Mohamad Nassir ^a   Padhee, Shruti ^a   Wang, Rongsheng E ^a   Qiao, Qiao ^a   Bai, Ge ^a   Li, Yaqong ^a   Mathew, Archana ^a   Cao, Chuanhai ^b   Cai, Jianfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AApeptides; antimicrobial peptides; drug resistance; lipidation; peptidomimetics

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AAPEPTIDE; LIPOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOMIMETIC AGENT; PEXIGANAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; HEMOLYSIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84864970899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ml3001215     Document Type: Article

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