New edge of antibiotic development: antimicrobial peptides and corresponding resistance

• Yazar: Nadia S. Parachin (auth)
• Diğer Yazarlar: Octavio L. Franco (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Seri Bilgileri: Frontiers Research Topics
• Konular: Microbiology (non-medical); pathogenic bacteria; Fungi; natural; peptide design; proteinase inhibitors; Bacterial resistance; virus; antimicrobial peptides; self-assembled structures
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Antimicrobial peptides, commonly isolated from several organisms, have been considered part of innate immune system and also as potential antimicrobial drugs. Besides its antimicrobial activity, some AMPs also have antifungal activity, inmmunomodulatory and antitumural activities. Lately not only na...