Molecular hybridization strategy for tuning bioactive peptide function

Abstract The physicochemical and structural properties of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) determine their mechanism of action and biological function. However, the development of AMPs as therapeutic drugs has been traditionally limited by their toxicity for human cells. Tuning the physicochemical prop...

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Published in:Communications Biology
Main Authors: Cibele Nicolaski Pedron, Marcelo Der Torossian Torres, Cyntia Silva Oliveira, Adriana Farias Silva, Gislaine Patricia Andrade, Yiming Wang, Maria Aparecida Silva Pinhal, Giselle Cerchiaro, Pedro Ismael da Silva Junior, Fernanda Dias da Silva, Ravi Radhakrishnan, Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, Vani Xavier Oliveira Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-10-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-05254-7