The ability of amphipathic peptides to arrange themselves in aqueous solutions, known as
self-assembly, has been found to reduce the effectiveness of these peptides in interacting …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered as potential antibiotic substitutes because of
their potent activities. Previous studies mainly focused on the effects of peptide charges and …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are frequently distributed in the tissues and organs of animals
to exhibit broad-spectrum activities against various pathogens, and thus to constitute the first …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are naturally occurring molecules that play a vital role in the
innate immune responses of various organisms. Additionally, artificial AMPs are also …

The discovery of new anti-infective compounds is stagnating and multi-resistant bacteria
continue to emerge, threatening to end the “antibiotic era”. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) …

Diverse peptides have been evaluated for their activity against pathogenic microorganisms.
Here, five mastoparan variants were designed based on mastoparan-L, among which two …

Inspired by high promise using naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) to treat
infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, cationic amphiphiles (CAms) were …

Mastoparans are cationic peptides with multifunctional pharmacological properties.
Mastoparan‐R1 and mastoparan‐R4 were computationally designed based on native …

The partitioning of the wasp venom peptide mastoparan-X (MPX) into neutral and negatively
charged lipid membranes has been compared with two new synthetic analogs of MPX …

Self-assembling peptides have become one of the most promising antibacterial agents due
to their superior properties, such as simple molecular composition, favorable assembly …