bactenecin

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

The cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide bactenecin is a beta-hairpin molecule with a single disulfide bond and broad antimicrobial… (More)

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

Recent studies have demonstrated that in addition to their antimicrobial activity, cationic host defense peptides, like the human… (More)

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

Both linear and cyclic derivatives of the cyclic 12-amino-acid antimicrobial peptide bactenecin were designed based on… (More)

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

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

Small antimicrobial peptides are abundantly produced by leukocytes. These peptides are active against a broad range of pathogens… (More)

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