Title: Antimicrobial Peptides
Description: In this didactically-written text, the small team of expert authors presents the field in a comprehensive and accessible manner that is well suited for students and junior researchers. The result is a highly readable and systematically structured introduction to antimicrobial peptides, their structure, biological function and mode of action. The authors point the way towards a rational design of this potentially highly effective new class of clinical antibiotics on the brink of industrial application by discussing their design principles, target membranes and structure-activity relationship.
Subjects: Peptides, Antibiotics, Peptide antibiotics, MEDICAL / Pharmacy, MEDICAL / Pharmacology, MEDICAL / Nursing / Pharmacology, MEDICAL / Drug Guides, Microbial pesticides, Amino acids, Analysis, Protein drugs, Therapeutic use, Microbial peptides