Rationally Designed Antimicrobial Peptides Are Potential Tools to Combat Devastating Bacteria and Fungi

Györgyi Váradi; László Galgóczy; Gábor K Tóth

doi:10.3390/ijms23116244

Rationally Designed Antimicrobial Peptides Are Potential Tools to Combat Devastating Bacteria and Fungi

Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jun 2;23(11):6244. doi: 10.3390/ijms23116244.

Authors

Györgyi Váradi¹, László Galgóczy^{2

3}, Gábor K Tóth^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Chemistry, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical School, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 8, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.
² Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Informatics, University of Szeged, Közép fasor 52, 6726 Szeged, Hungary.
³ Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Temesvári krt. 62, 6726 Szeged, Hungary.
⁴ MTA-SZTE Biomimetic Systems Research Group, Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 8, 6720 Szeged, Hungary.

Abstract

The introduction of the first antibiotic (penicillin) by Sir Alexander Fleming in 1928 was a huge milestone in the treatment of infectious diseases [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Antimicrobial Peptides*
Bacteria
Fungi
Penicillins*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antimicrobial Peptides
Penicillins

Grants and funding

L.G. was financed by the FK 134343 project of the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office-NKFIH, and G.V. and G.K.T. were supported by the TKP2021-EGA-32 fund of the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office-NKFIH.