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SUBMITTER: Chakraborty S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3856927 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chakraborty Saswata S Liu Runhui R Lemke Justin J JJ Hayouka Zvi Z Welch Rodney A RA Weisblum Bernard B Masters Kristyn S KS Gellman Samuel H SH
ACS macro letters 20130801 8
Nylon-3 co-polymers containing both hydrophobic and cationic subunits can mimic the activity profile of host-defense peptides, if subunit identity and proportion are carefully selected. These sequence- and stereo-random co-polymers inhibit bacterial growth at relatively low concentrations, apparently via disruption of bacterial membranes, but they are relatively non-disruptive toward eukaryotic cell membranes (low hemolytic activity). In all previous examples, the hydrophobic subunits have conta ...[more]