Connecting peptide physicochemical and antimicrobial properties by a rational prediction model.

The increasing rate in antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains has become an imperative health issue. Thus, pharmaceutical industries have focussed their efforts to find new potent, non-toxic compounds to treat bacterial infections. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising candidates in the fight...

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Main Authors: Marc Torrent, David Andreu, Victòria M Nogués, Ester Boix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3036733?pdf=render