Amphiphilic Poly(phenyleneethynylene)s Can Mimic Antimicrobial Peptide Membrane Disordering Effect by Membrane Insertion.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of peptides that are innate to various organisms and function as a defense agent against harmful microorganisms by means of membrane disordering. Characteristic chemical and structural properties of AMPs allow selective interaction and subsequent disruption...

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Publicado en:	Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 128; no. 40; pp. 13123 - 13130
Autores principales:	Ishitsuka, Yuji, Arnt, Lachelle, Majewski, Jaroslaw, Frey, Shelli, Ratajczek, Maria, Kjaer, Kristian, Tew, Gregory N., Lee, Ka Yee C.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Chemical Society 10/11/2006
Materias:	Antimicrobial peptides Organisms Cell membranes Polymers Optical diffraction
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