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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Bioanalyser
ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus aureus
SUBMITTER: unknown unknown
PROVIDER: E-BUGS-65 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Overton Ian M IM Graham Shirley S Gould Katherine A KA Hinds Jason J Botting Catherine H CH Shirran Sally S Barton Geoffrey J GJ Coote Peter J PJ
BMC systems biology 20110512
<h4>Background</h4>Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen and strains resistant to existing treatments continue to emerge. Development of novel treatments is therefore important. Antimicrobial peptides represent a source of potential novel antibiotics to combat resistant bacteria such as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). A promising antimicrobial peptide is ranalexin, which has potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria, and particularly S. aureus. Understanding mo ...[more]