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Antimicrobial peptides : discovery, design and novel therapeutic strategies /

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Uniform Title:Antimicrobial peptides (Wang)
Corporate Author: C.A.B. International
Other Authors: Wang, Guangshun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston : CABI, 2017.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides.
Anti-Infective Agents.
Immunity, Innate.
Drug Design.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • Discovery, classification and functional diversity of antimicrobial peptides
  • Structural and functional diversity of cathelicidins
  • Disulfide-linked defensins
  • Lantibiotics : bioengineering and applications
  • Discovery of novel antimicrobial peptides using combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening
  • Prediction and design of antimicrobial peptides : methods and applications to genomes and proteomes
  • Antimicrobial peptides : multiple mechanisms against a variety of targets
  • Microbial membranes and the action of antimicrobial peptides
  • Non-membranolytic mechanisms of action of antimicrobial peptides : novel therapeutic opportunities?
  • Structural insight into the mechanisms of action of antimicrobial peptides and structure-based design
  • Synergy of antimicrobial peptides
  • Surface immobilization of antimicrobial peptides to prevent biofilm formation
  • Sustained delivery of cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide-inducing compounds to minimize infection and enhance wound healing
  • Immunomodulatory activities of cationic host defense peptides and novel therapeutic strategies.