Antimicrobial peptides : discovery, design and novel therapeutic strategies /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Wang, Guangshun (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2010.
Series:	Advances in molecular and cellular microbiology ; 18.
Subjects:	Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides. Anti-Infective Agents. Drug Design. Immunity, Innate. Peptide antibiotics. Pesticides and Drugs; Chemistry and Formulation, (New March 2000) Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000) Prion, Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans, (New March 2000) Research. Animals. Antimicrobial properties. Bacteria. Bioinformatics. Biophysics. Classification. Databases. Drug development. Medical research. Mode of action. Nomenclature. Peptides. Plants. Therapy. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

A database view of naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides : nomenclature, classification, and amino acid sequence analysis / Guangshun Wang, Xia Li, and Michael Zasloff
Lantibiotic-related research and the application thereof / Brian Healy, Jim O'Mahony, Colin Hill, Paul D. Cotter and R. Paul Ross
Antimicrobial peptides in plants / Quentin Kaas, Jan-Christoph Westermann, Sónia Troeira Henriques and David J. Craik
Database-aided prediction and design of novel antimicrobial peptides / Guangshun Wang
Discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides using combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening / William C. Wimley
Chemical mimics with systemic efficacy / Amram Mor
Biophysical analysis of membrane-targeting antimicrobial peptides : membrane properties and the design of peptides specifically targeting gram-negative bacteria / Richard M. Epand and Raquel F. Epand
Non-membrane targets of antimicrobial peptides : novel therapeutic opportunities? / Ju Hyun Cho and Sun Chang Kim
Structural studies of antimicrobial peptides provide insight into their mechanisms of action / Guangshun Wang
Lung infection : shifting the equilibrium towards the free and active form of human LL-37 and the design of alternative antimicrobial agents / Paul A. Janmey and Robert Bucki
Role of vitamin D in the enhancement of antimicrobial peptide gene expression / John H. White and Ari J. Bitton
Fine tuning host responses in the face of infection : emerging roles and clinical applications of host defence peptides / Matthew L. Mayer, Donna M. Easton, and Robert E. W. Hancock.