The design and functional characterization of a novel hybrid antimicrobial peptide from Esculentin-1a and melittin

• Main Authors: Yara Al Tall (Author), Baker Al-Nassar (Author), Ahmad Abualhaijaa (Author), Salsabeel H. Sabi (Author), Ammar Almaaytah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pensoft Publishers, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antimicrobial agents are one of the most widely used drugs in medicine. In the last fifty years, the misuse of these agents caused the emergence of resistant strains of bacteria that led to an increase in life-threatening infections. The need to develop new agents has become a priority, and antimicr...