Effects of net charge and the number of positively charged residues on the biological activity of amphipathic alpha-helical cationic antimicrobial peptides

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2009:611:561-2. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-73657-0_246.

Authors

Ziqing Jiang¹, Adriana I Vasil, John Hale, Robert E W Hancock, Michael L Vasil, Robert S Hodges

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.

PMID: 19400313
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73657-0_246

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MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / chemistry*
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / pharmacology*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Molecular Sequence Data
Protein Conformation
Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides