Antimicrobial AApeptides

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1266-1279

  Sang, Peng ^a   Shi, Yan ^a   Teng, Peng ^a   Cao, Annie ^a   Xu, Hai ^b   Li, Qi ^c   Cai, Jianfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Aapeptides; Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial activity; Host defense peptides (HDPs); Peptidomimetics

Indexed keywords

AAPEPTIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYBRID PEPTIDE; LIPO ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOMIMETIC AGENT; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS ASSAY; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SYNTHESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDOMIMETICS;

EID: 85015638083     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568026616666161018145945     Document Type: Article

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