bactenecin

With the rapid rise in the incidence of multidrug resistant infections, there is substantial interest in host defense peptides as… Expand

Cationic antimicrobial peptides are able to kill a broad variety of Gram-negative and Gram positive bacteria and thus are good… Expand

ABSTRACT Recent studies have demonstrated that in addition to their antimicrobial activity, cationic host defense peptides, like… Expand

The intracellular delivery of most peptides, proteins, and nucleotides to the cytoplasm and nucleus is impeded by the cell… Expand

Bactenecin, a 12-amino acid cationic antimicrobial peptide from bovine neutrophils, has two cysteine residues, which form one… Expand

ABSTRACT Both linear and cyclic derivatives of the cyclic 12-amino-acid antimicrobial peptide bactenecin were designed based on… Expand

To identify novel, less-toxic compounds capable of inhibiting sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), Desulfovibrio vulgaris and… Expand

Antibacterial peptides are important for non-specific host defence in many animals. They have been extensively characterized from… Expand

Bac5 and Bac7, antibiotics of the bactenecin (proline/arginine-rich peptide) family, are stored as proforms in the large granules… Expand

Cytoplasmic granules of neutrophils store a variety of cationic polypeptides, which exert in vitro a potent antibacterial action… Expand