Investigating the mode of action of proline-rich antimicrobial peptides using a genetic approach: A tool to identify new bacterial targets amenable to the design of novel antibiotics

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 494, Issue , 2008, Pages 161-176

  Scocchi, Marco ^a   Mattiuzzo, Maura ^a   Benincasa, Monica ^a   Antcheva, Nikolinka ^a   Tossi, Alessandro ^a   Gennaro, Renato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant mutant; Antimicrobial peptide; Bac7; Cell uptake; Chemical mutagenesis; Fluorescence quenching; Proline rich peptide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84934443090     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-419-3_9     Document Type: Article

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