High specific selectivity and Membrane-Active Mechanism of the synthetic centrosymmetric α-helical peptides with Gly-Gly pairs

Characterization of antimicrobial activity and mechanisms of low amphipathic peptides with different α-helical propensity

(2015) Xin Zhu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Bactericidal Efficiency and Modes of Action of the Novel Antimicrobial Peptide T9W against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2015) Xin Zhu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Antimicrobial potency and selectivity of simplified symmetric-end peptides

(2014) Na Dong et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Structure-Function Relationship of Val/Arg-rich Peptides: Effects of Net Charge and Pro on Activity

(2014) Qingquan Ma et al.   Chemical Biology & Drug Design

Structure–Activity Relationship of the Antimicrobial Peptide Gomesin: The Role of Peptide Hydrophobicity in Its Interaction with Model Membranes

(2014) Bruno Mattei et al.   LANGMUIR

Antimicrobial Properties and Membrane-Active Mechanism of a Potential α-Helical Antimicrobial Derived from Cathelicidin PMAP-36

(2014) Yinfeng Lv et al.   PLoS One

Design of imperfectly amphipathic α-helical antimicrobial peptides with enhanced cell selectivity

(2013) Xin Zhu et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Flexibility is a mechanical determinant of antimicrobial activity for amphipathic cationic α-helical antimicrobial peptides

(2013) Li Liu et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Anti-mycobacterial activities of synthetic cationic α-helical peptides and their synergism with rifampicin

(2013) Jasmeet S. Khara et al.   BIOMATERIALS

The helical propensity of KLA amphipathic peptides enhances their binding to gel-state lipid membranes

(2013) Ahmad Arouri et al.   BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Design of short membrane selective antimicrobial peptides containing tryptophan and arginine residues for improved activity, salt-resistance, and biocompatibility

(2013) Rathi Saravanan et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

De novo generation of short antimicrobial peptides with enhanced stability and cell specificity

(2013) H. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Engineering Antimicrobial Peptides with Improved Antimicrobial and Hemolytic Activities

(2013) Jun Zhao et al.   Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Effect of repetitive lysine–tryptophan motifs on the bactericidal activity of antimicrobial peptides

(2012) Ramamourthy Gopal et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Biochemical property and membrane-peptide interactions of de novo antimicrobial peptides designed by helix-forming units

(2012) Qing-Quan Ma et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Strand Length-Dependent Antimicrobial Activity and Membrane-Active Mechanism of Arginine- and Valine-Rich β-Hairpin-Like Antimicrobial Peptides

(2012) Na Dong et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Design of hybrid β-hairpin peptides with enhanced cell specificity and potent anti-inflammatory activity

(2012) YiFan Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Divalent cations modulate membrane binding and pore formation of a potent antibiotic peptide analog of alamethicin

(2012) Marco Aquila et al.   CELL CALCIUM

Roles of Hydrophobicity and Charge Distribution of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides in Peptide-Membrane Interactions

(2012) Lois M. Yin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Overview on the recent study of antimicrobial peptides: Origins, functions, relative mechanisms and application

(2012) Yanmei Li et al.   PEPTIDES

Role of lipids in the interaction of antimicrobial peptides with membranes

(2012) Vitor Teixeira et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

Molecular mechanisms of antibacterial and antitumor actions of designed surfactant-like peptides

(2011) Cuixia Chen et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Inhibitory effects and mechanisms of physiological conditions on the activity of enantiomeric forms of an α-helical antibacterial peptide against bacteria

(2011) Jinfeng Huang et al.   PEPTIDES

Structural contributions to the intracellular targeting strategies of antimicrobial peptides

(2010) Yun Lan et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Synthetic cationic amphiphilic α-helical peptides as antimicrobial agents

(2010) Nikken Wiradharma et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Antimicrobial and Membrane Disrupting Activities of a Peptide Derived from the Human Cathelicidin Antimicrobial Peptide LL37

(2010) Sathiah Thennarasu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Tethering antimicrobial peptides: Current status and potential challenges

(2010) Sagheer A. Onaizi et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

Cell specificity, anti-inflammatory activity, and plausible bactericidal mechanism of designed Trp-rich model antimicrobial peptides

(2009) Ka Hyon Park et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

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

(2009) Constance Auvynet et al.   FEBS Journal

Computational Design of Highly Selective Antimicrobial Peptides

(2009) Davor Juretić et al.   Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Rapid method for detection of minimal bactericidal concentration of antibiotics

(2009) Werner Bär et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

The role of position a in determining the stability and oligomerization state of α-helical coiled coils: 20 amino acid stability coefficients in the hydrophobic core of proteins

(2009) Kurt Wagschal et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

APD2: the updated antimicrobial peptide database and its application in peptide design

(2008) Guangshun Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH