Covalent modification of a ten-residue cationic antimicrobial peptide with levofloxacin

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Rodriguez, Carlos A ^a   Papanastasiou, Emilios A ^a   Juba, Melanie ^a   Bishop, Barney ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cationic antimicrobial peptide; Levofloxacin; Peptide conjugate; Peptide modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987624125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2014.00071     Document Type: Article

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