Cell-penetrating peptides: design, synthesis, and applications

DM Copolovici, K Langel, E Eriste, U Langel - ACS nano, 2014 - ACS Publications
The intrinsic property of cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs) to deliver therapeutic molecules
(nucleic acids, drugs, imaging agents) to cells and tissues in a nontoxic manner has …

Overview on the recent study of antimicrobial peptides: origins, functions, relative mechanisms and application

Y Li, Q Xiang, Q Zhang, Y Huang, Z Su - Peptides, 2012 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), which are produced by several species including insects,
other animals, micro-organisms and synthesis, are a critical component of the natural …

Thanatin: an emerging host defense antimicrobial peptide with multiple modes of action

R Dash, S Bhattacharjya - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) possess great potential for combating drug-resistant bacteria.
Thanatin is a pathogen-inducible single-disulfide-bond-containing β-hairpin AMP which was …

Natural products acting against S. aureus through membrane and cell wall disruption

G Kumar, K Engle - Natural Product Reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: 2015 to 2022 Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is responsible for several
community and hospital-acquired infections with life-threatening complications such as …

Recent advances on multi-parameter flow cytometry to characterize antimicrobial treatments

L Léonard, L Bouarab Chibane… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The investigation on antimicrobial mechanisms is a challenging and crucial issue in the
fields of food or clinical microbiology, as it constitutes a prerequisite to the development of …

A rapid fluorescence-based microplate assay to investigate the interaction of membrane active antimicrobial peptides with whole gram-positive bacteria

G Boix-Lemonche, M Lekka, B Skerlavaj - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Membrane-active antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are interesting candidates for
the development of novel antimicrobials. Although their effects were extensively investigated …

Thionin‐like peptides from Capsicum annuum fruits with high activity against human pathogenic bacteria and yeasts

GB Taveira, LS Mathias, OV da Motta… - Peptide …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Plants defend themselves against pathogens with production of antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs). Herein we describe the discovery of a new antifungal and antibacterial peptide from …

A review of the mechanism of action of amphibian antimicrobial peptides focusing on peptide-membrane interaction and membrane curvature

TV Vineeth Kumar, G Sanil - Current Protein and Peptide …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Research interests on amphibian antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are currently increasing
because of their capability to combat microorganisms from both terrestrial and aquatic …

Multiple Precursor Proteins of Thanatin Isoforms, an Antimicrobial Peptide Associated With the Gut Symbiont of Riptortus pedestris

J Lee, WH Cha, DW Lee - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Thanatin is an antimicrobial peptide (AMP) generated by insects for defense against
bacterial infections. In the present study, we performed cDNA cloning of thanatin and found …

Development of highly efficient artilysins against Vibrio parahaemolyticus via virtual screening assisted by molecular docking

H Ning, J Zhang, Y Wang, H Lin, J Wang - Food Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Novel artilysins by the fusions of phage lysin Lysqdvp001 (Lys) with outer membrane (OM)
destabilizing peptides against Vibrio parahaemolyticus (V. parahaemolyticus) were …