Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are multi-functional peptides whose fundamental biological
role in vivo has been proposed to be the elimination of pathogenic microorganisms …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the most important infectious agents worldwide
and causes more than 1.5 million deaths annually. To make matters worse, the drug …

Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface have been used for decades to mimic cell
membranes in attempts to determine the mechanisms behind the physiological action of …

Cationic host defence peptides are an evolutionarily conserved component of the immune
system and have been found across a wide variety of species. In lower organisms they …

Human defensins play multiple roles in innate immunity including direct antimicrobial killing
and immunomodulatory activity. They have three disulfide bridges which contribute to the …

The immobilization of enzymes in nanostructured films has potential applications, eg in
biosensing, for which the activity may not only be preserved, but also enhanced if optimized …

Some biological properties of violacein are believed to be associated with their interactions
with lipid surfaces, encouraging research on the identification of membrane sites capable of …

Crotamine is one of the main constituents of the venom of the South American rattlesnake
Crotalus durissus terrificus. A common gene ancestry and structural similarity with the …

Abstract Surgical Site Infections (SSI) represents one of the most common hospital-
associated infections worldwide, and many cases of SSI are due to multidrug-resistant …

Membrane binding of proteins such as short chain dehydrogenase reductases or tail-
anchored proteins relies on their N-and/or C-terminal hydrophobic transmembrane segment …