Peptide and Protein Interaction with Membrane Systems Applications to Antimicrobial Therapy and Protein Drug Delivery /

• Main Author: Bobone, Sara (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Drug resistance.; Analytical chemistry.; Proteins.; Analytical Chemistry.; Protein Science.; Drug Resistance.

In her thesis, Sara Bobone outlines spectroscopic studies of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) which are promising lead compounds for drugs used to fight multidrug resistant bacteria. Bobone shows that AMPs interact with liposomes and she clarifies the structure of pores formed by one of these molecules...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Antimicrobial Peptides: Mechanism of Action, Selectivity and Biological Activity
• Introduction
• Techniques
• Materials and Methods
• Results and Discussion
• Hydrogel Nanoparticles for Enzyme-Based Therapies
• Introduction
• Materials and Methods
• Results and Discussion
• Concluding Remarks.