Inhibition of pore formation by blocking the assembly of staphylococcus aureus α-hemolysin through a novel peptide inhibitor: An in silco approach

International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 575-583

  Rani, Nidhi ^a   Saravanan, V ^a   Lakshmi, P T V ^a   Annamalai, A ^b  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heptamer; Molecular docking; Molecular dynamic simulation; Peptide design; S. auresus; toxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939894507     PISSN: 15733149     EISSN: 15733904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10989-014-9424-x     Document Type: Article

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