Exploration of Antimicrobial Activity in Natural Peptides and High-Throughput Discovery of Synthetic Peptides

Despite many medical advances, antibiotic resistant bacteria increasingly plague the modern world, necessitating discovery of new antibiotics. One area of nature that can provide inspiration for antibiotics is antimicrobial peptides. Many of these peptides exist in nature, with some classes that hav...

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Main Author: Dallon, Emma Kay
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2018
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7468
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8468&context=etd