The thin line between cell-penetrating and antimicrobial peptides: the case of Pep-1 and Pep-1-K

Cell-Penetrating HIV1 TAT Peptides Can Generate Pores in Model Membranes

(2010) Corina Ciobanasu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Fast membrane association is a crucial factor in the peptide pep-1 translocation mechanism: A kinetic study followed by surface plasmon resonance

(2010) Sónia Troeira Henriques et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Membrane perturbation by the antimicrobial peptide PMAP-23: A fluorescence and molecular dynamics study

(2009) Barbara Orioni et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Twenty years of cell-penetrating peptides: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutics

(2009) Frederic Heitz et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Antimicrobial and Cytolytic Activities and Plausible Mode of Bactericidal Action of the Cell Penetrating Peptide Penetratin and Its Lys-linked Two-Stranded Peptide

(2009) Wan Long Zhu et al.   Chemical Biology & Drug Design

Multifunctional host defense peptides: Antimicrobial peptides, the small yet big players in innate and adaptive immunity

(2009) Constance Auvynet et al.   FEBS Journal

Multifunctional host defense peptides: intracellular-targeting antimicrobial peptides

(2009) Pierre Nicolas   FEBS Journal

Host Defense Peptides as Effector Molecules of the Innate Immune Response: A Sledgehammer for Drug Resistance?

(2009) Lars Steinstraesser et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Different mechanisms of action of antimicrobial peptides: insights from fluorescence spectroscopy experiments and molecular dynamics simulations

(2009) Gianfranco Bocchinfuso et al.   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Effects of dimerization of the cell-penetrating peptide Tat analog on antimicrobial activity and mechanism of bactericidal action

(2009) Wan Long Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

Antimicrobial peptides: linking partition, activity and high membrane-bound concentrations

(2009) Manuel N. Melo et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

AMPed up immunity: how antimicrobial peptides have multiple roles in immune defense

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

HIV TAT Forms Pores in Membranes by Inducing Saddle-Splay Curvature: Potential Role of Bidentate Hydrogen Bonding

(2008) Abhijit Mishra et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The cell-penetrating peptide, Pep-1, has activity against intracellular chlamydial growth but not extracellular forms of Chlamydia trachomatis

(2008) N. Park et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Translocation or membrane disintegration? Implication of peptide–membrane interactions in pep-1 activity

(2008) Sónia Troeira Henriques et al.   JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE SCIENCE

On The Biomedical Promise of Cell Penetrating Peptides: Limits Versus Prospects

(2007) Christina Foerg et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES