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How Melittin Inserts into Cell Membrane: Conformational Changes, Inter-Peptide Cooperation, and Disturbance on the Membrane

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), as a key component of the immune defense systems of organisms, are a promising solution to the serious threat of drug-resistant bacteria to public health. As one of the most representative and extensively studied AMPs, melittin has exceptional broad-spectrum activities...

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Autores principales: Hong, Jiajia, Lu, Xuemei, Deng, Zhixiong, Xiao, Shufeng, Yuan, Bing, Yang, Kai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6539814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31067828
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24091775