Targeted Antimicrobial Peptides: A Novel Technology to Eradicate Harmful Streptococcus Mutans

J Calif Dent Assoc. 2017 Oct;45(10):557-564.

Authors

Lihong Guo¹, Anna Edlund²

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
² J Craig Venter Institute, Genomic Medicine Group, La Jolla, CA, USA.

PMID: 29899655
PMCID: PMC5994769

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
Biofilms
Peptides / therapeutic use*
Streptococcus mutans / drug effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
Peptides

Grants and funding

R00 DE024543/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States