Peptidoglycan potentiates the membrane disrupting effect of the carboxyamidated form of DMS-DA6, a Gram-positive selective antimicrobial peptide isolated from Pachymedusa dacnicolor skin.

Peptidoglycan potentiates the membrane disrupting effect of the carboxyamidated form of DMS-DA6, a Gram-positive selective antimicrobial peptide isolated from Pachymedusa dacnicolor skin.

The occurrence of nosocomial infections has been on the rise for the past twenty years. Notably, infections caused by the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus represent a major clinical problem, as an increase in antibiotic multi-resistant strains has accompanied this rise. There is thus a c...

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Main Authors: Sébastien Cardon, Emmanuelle Sachon, Ludovic Carlier, Thierry Drujon, Astrid Walrant, Estefanía Alemán-Navarro, Verónica Martínez-Osorio, Dominique Guianvarc'h, Sandrine Sagan, Yannick Fleury, Rodrigue Marquant, Christophe Piesse, Yvonne Rosenstein, Constance Auvynet, Claire Lacombe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6191125?pdf=render

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