Antimicrobial peptides /

• Main Authors: Phoenix, David, 1966- (Author), Dennison, Sarah R. (Author), Harris, Frederick (Research fellow) (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KCaA, [2013]
• Subjects: Peptide antibiotics.; Protein drugs.; Peptides > Therapeutic use.; Microbial peptides.; Anti-Infective Agents > pharmacology.; Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > pharmacology.; Amino acids > Analysis.; Microbial pesticides.; MEDICAL > Drug Guides.; MEDICAL > Nursing > Pharmacology.; MEDICAL > Pharmacology.; MEDICAL > Pharmacy.; Medicine > Basic Sciences.; Pharmacy.; Electronic books.

In this didactically-written text, the small team of expert authors presents the field in a comprehensive and accessible manner that is well suited for students and junior researchers. The result is a highly readable and systematically structured introduction to antimicrobial peptides, their structu...

Table of Contents:

• Antimicrobial peptides: their history, evolution, and functional promiscuity
• Cationic antimicrobial peptides
• Anionic antimicrobial peptides
• Graphical techniques to visualize the amphiphilic structures of antimicrobial peptides
• Models for the membrane interactions of antimicrobial peptides
• Selectivity and toxicity of oncolytic antimicrobial peptides.