Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of the EeCentrocin 1 derived peptide EC1-17KV via membrane disruption

ABSTRACT: Background: The antibiotic resistance and biofilm formation of pathogenic microbes exacerbate the difficulties of anti-infection therapy in the clinic. The structural modification of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) is an effective strategy to develop novel anti-infective agents. Method: Seve...

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Main Authors: Lingman Ma, Xinyue Ye, Pengbo Sun, Pengfei Xu, Liping Wang, Zixiang Liu, Xiaowei Huang, Zhaoshi Bai, Changlin Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235239642030150X