Many antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) target bacterial membranes and they kill bacteria by
causing structural disruptions. One of the fundamental issues however lies in the selective …

Abstract Hypothesis Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) kill microorganisms by causing structural
damage to bacterial membranes. Different microorganisms often require a different type and …

Many short cationic peptides are amphiphilic and are often termed antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) as they can kill various microorganisms. These AMPs have largely been discovered …

The ability to selectively target the harmful microbial membrane over that of the host cell is
one of the most important characteristics of the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). This …

Supported lipid bilayers are used as a convenient model cell membrane system to study
biologically important molecule–lipid interactions in situ. However, the lipid bilayer models …

Different bacterial types and their living environments can lead to different saturations in the
chains of their membrane lipids. Such structural differences may influence the efficacy of …

Hypothesis: It is widely regarded that antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) kill bacteria by
physically disrupting microbial membranes and causing cytoplasmic leakage, but it remains …

Antimicrobial peptides or their synthetic mimics are a promising class of potential new
antibiotics. Herein we assess the effect of the type of cationic side chain (ie, guanidino vs …

Many antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are cationic host defence peptides (HDPs) that interact
with microbial membranes. This ability may lead to implementation of AMPs as therapeutics …

We utilized epifluorescence microscopy to investigate the morphological changes in labeled
lipid bilayers supported on quartz surfaces (SLBs) induced by the interaction of cationic …