Effect of Repetitive Lysine-Tryptophan Motifs on the Eukaryotic Membrane
In a previous study, we synthesized a series of peptides containing simple sequence repeats, (KW)n–NH2 (n = 2,3,4 and 5) and determined their antimicrobial and hemolytic activities, as well as their mechanism of antimicrobial action. However, (KW)5 showed undesirable cytotoxicity against RBC cells....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/1/2190 |