Studies on the assembly of a leucine zipper antibacterial peptide and its analogs onto mammalian cells and bacteria

Design of Nontoxic Analogues of Cathelicidin-Derived Bovine Antimicrobial Peptide BMAP-27: The Role of Leucine as Well as Phenylalanine Zipper Sequences in Determining Its Toxicity

(2009) Aqeel Ahmad et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Binding of amphipathic α-helical antimicrobial peptides to lipid membranes: Lessons from temporins B and L

(2009) Ajay K. Mahalka et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Structure–function study of cathelicidin-derived bovine antimicrobial peptide BMAP-28: Design of its cell-selective analogs by amino acid substitutions in the heptad repeat sequences

(2009) Aqeel Ahmad et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Multifunctional host defense peptides: intracellular-targeting antimicrobial peptides

(2009) Pierre Nicolas   FEBS Journal

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

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Inhibition of Lytic Activity ofEscherichia coliToxin Hemolysin E against Human Red Blood Cells by a Leucine Zipper Peptide and Understanding the Underlying Mechanism†

(2008) Sharada Prasad Yadav et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

A peptide derived from the putative transmembrane domain in the tail region of E. coli toxin hemolysin E assembles in phospholipid membrane and exhibits lytic activity to human red blood cells: Plausible implications in the toxic activity of the protein

(2008) Sharada Prasad Yadav et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Human antimicrobial peptide histatin 5 is a cell-penetrating peptide targeting mitochondrial ATP synthesis in Leishmania

(2008) Juan Román Luque-Ortega et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Origin of Low Mammalian Cell Toxicity in a Class of Highly Active Antimicrobial Amphipathic Helical Peptides

(2008) Ayman Hawrani et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY