Increased Activities against Biofilms of the Pathogenic Yeast <i>Candida albicans</i> of Optimized Pom-1 Derivatives

• Main Authors: Valerie Amann (Author), Ann-Kathrin Kissmann (Author), Markus Krämer (Author), Imke Krebs (Author), Julio A. Perez-Erviti (Author), Anselmo J. Otero-Gonzalez (Author), Fidel Morales-Vicente (Author), Armando Rodríguez (Author), Ludger Ständker (Author), Tanja Weil (Author), Frank Rosenau (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are an alternative group for the therapy of infectious diseases, with activity against a wide range of diverse pathogens. However, classical AMPs have significant side effects in human cells due to their unspecific pore formation in biomembranes. Nevertheless, AMPs are...