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SUBMITTER: Oddo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4983732 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oddo Alberto A Thomsen Thomas T TT Britt Hannah M HM Løbner-Olesen Anders A Thulstrup Peter W PW Sanderson John M JM Hansen Paul R PR
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20160524 8
Bacterial resistance to antibiotic therapy is on the rise and threatens to evolve into a worldwide emergency: alternative solutions to current therapies are urgently needed. Cationic amphipathic peptides are potent membrane-active agents that hold promise as the next-generation therapy for multidrug-resistant infections. The peptides' behavior upon encountering the bacterial cell wall is crucial, and much effort has been dedicated to the investigation and optimization of this amphipathicity-driv ...[more]