Role of peptide hydrophobicity in the mechanism of action of alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides.
Chen Y, Guarnieri MT, Vasil AI, Vasil ML, Mant CT, Hodges RS.
Chen Y, et al.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007 Apr;51(4):1398-406. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00925-06. Epub 2006 Dec 11.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007.
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In the present study, the 26-residue amphipathic alpha-helical antimicrobial peptide V13KL (Y. Chen et al., J. Biol. Chem. 2005, 280:12316-12329, 2005) was used as the framework to study the effects of peptide hydrophobicity on the mechanism of action of antimicrobi …
In the present study, the 26-residue amphipathic alpha-helical antimicrobial peptide V13KL (Y. Chen et al., J. Biol. Chem. 200 …