Antimicrobial Activity of Novel Synthetic Peptides Derived from Indolicidin and Ranalexin against Streptococcus pneumoniae.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) represent promising alternatives to conventional antibiotics in order to defeat multidrug-resistant bacteria such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. In this study, thirteen antimicrobial peptides were designed based on two natural peptides indolicidin and ranalexin. Our resul...

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Main Authors: Hassan Mahmood Jindal, Cheng Foh Le, Mohd Yasim Mohd Yusof, Rukumani Devi Velayuthan, Vannajan Sanghiran Lee, Sharifuddin Md Zain, Diyana Mohd Isa, Shamala Devi Sekaran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128532