Designed α-sheet peptides suppress amyloid formation in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

The cytotoxic Staphylococcus aureus PSMα3 reveals a cross-α amyloid-like fibril

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Amyloid Structures as Biofilm Matrix Scaffolds

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Comparative analysis of phenol-soluble modulin production and Galleria mellonella killing by community-associated and healthcare-associated meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains

(2016) Eve Boakes et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Peptides Composed of Alternating L- and D-Amino Acids Inhibit Amyloidogenesis in Three Distinct Amyloid Systems Independent of Sequence

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The effect of chirality and steric hindrance on intrinsic backbone conformational propensities: tools for protein design

(2016) Matthew Carter Childers et al.   PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION

Dissecting the contribution of Staphylococcus aureus α-phenol-soluble modulins to biofilm amyloid structure

(2016) Patrizia Marinelli et al.   Scientific Reports

Clinical MRSA isolates from skin and soft tissue infections show increased in vitro production of phenol soluble modulins

(2015) Nicholas R. Berlon et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Extracellular DNA facilitates the formation of functional amyloids inStaphylococcus aureusbiofilms

(2015) Kelly Schwartz et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The amyloid state and its association with protein misfolding diseases

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Nature versus design: the conformational propensities of d-amino acids and the importance of side chain chirality

(2014) Clare-Louise Towse et al.   PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION

Designed α-sheet peptides inhibit amyloid formation by targeting toxic oligomers

(2014) Gene Hopping et al.   eLife

Platforms for antibiotic discovery

(2013) Kim Lewis   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Phenol-soluble modulins and staphylococcal infection

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Amyloids: From molecular structure to mechanical properties

(2013) Michael Schleeger et al.   POLYMER

Non-invasive determination of conjugative transfer of plasmids bearing antibiotic-resistance genes in biofilm-bound bacteria: effects of substrate loading and antibiotic selection

(2012) Hongyan Ma et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Protein Misfolded Oligomers: Experimental Approaches, Mechanism of Formation, and Structure-Toxicity Relationships

(2012) Francesco Bemporad et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

How Staphylococcus aureus biofilms develop their characteristic structure

(2012) S. Periasamy et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbial manipulation of the amyloid fold

(2012) William H. DePas et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Amyloids Composed of Phenol Soluble Modulins Stabilize Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

(2012) Kelly Schwartz et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Antimicrobial Activity of Community-associated Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusIs Caused by Phenol-soluble Modulin Derivatives

(2011) Hwang-Soo Joo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) Benedetta Allegranzi et al.   LANCET

Thioflavine T interaction with synthetic Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides: Detection of amyloid aggregation in solution

(2010) Harry Levine   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Medical biofilms

(2008) James D. Bryers   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING