Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) of innate origin are agents of the most ancient form of
defense systems. They can be found in a wide variety of species ranging from bacteria …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are short peptidic molecules produced by most living
creatures. They help unicellular organisms to successfully compete for nutrients with other …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an integral part of the innate immune system that protect
a host from invading pathogenic bacteria. To help overcome the problem of antimicrobial …

An increasing amount of information on the action of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) at the
molecular level has not yet been translated into a comprehensive understanding of effects in …

Background: Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are widely recognized as promising alternatives
to the current use of antibiotics and fungicides. Amino-acid sequences of a vast majority of …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have remarkably different structures as well as biological
activity profiles, whereupon most of these peptides are supposed to kill bacteria via …

Life-threatening infectious diseases are on their way to cause a worldwide crisis, as treating
them effectively is becoming increasingly difficult due to the emergence of antibiotic resistant …

The “golden era” of antibiotic discovery has long passed, but the need for new antibiotics
has never been greater due to the emerging threat of antibiotic resistance. This urgency to …

From the outside and within, we are constantly bombarded with a myriad of diverse
microbial species. However, our bodies are equipped with an evolutionarily conserved …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been isolated and characterized from tissues and
organisms representing virtually every kingdom and phylum. Their amino acid composition …