Species-selective killing of bacteria by antimicrobial Peptide-PNAs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Mondhe, Madhav ^a,c   Chessher, Ashley ^a   Goh, Shan ^b   Good, Liam ^d   Stach, James E M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Cardiff Institute of Infection and Immunity   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH INHIBITION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84895868996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089082     Document Type: Article

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